In Edna's time, divorce was all but impossible. So Edna and Leonce could not have divorced (unfortuanetly). In the 1890's, the whole USA only had around 5000 divorces. I think that as women got more rights, they got to choose their husbands for love, not money and status. And if it didn't work out, then they could leave the marriage. Divorce was considered unholy. THere were groups that were dedicated to preventing people from getting out of their bad marriages.
¡No wonder Edna didn't divorce the lion!
Really?!?!?!?!? Groups of people made just to keep people in bad marriages? What was the point of that? Well I guess if you want a "religiously good"/virtuous society, you wouldn't want unholy, divorced people ruining your perfect society, but still! It was crazy back then...
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