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"Let us now glance at a few of the popular objections to liberal divorce laws… To open the doors of escape to those who dwell in continual antagonism,to the unhappy wives of drunkards,libertines,knaves,lunatics,and tyrants,need not necessarily embitter the relations of those who are contented and happy,but on the contrary the very fact of freedom strengthens and purifies the bond of union.When husbands and wives…are bound together only by affection,marriage will be a life long friendship and not a heavy yoke,from which both may sometimes long for deliverance…"
Elizabeth Cady Stanton,"Home Life",1875
-As depicted in the excerpt,by liberalizing divorce laws for women,
A) the moral fabric of society will be weakened.
B) the structure of family life will be undermined.
C) an escape from a miserable marriage will become possible.
D) women will lose political and economic power.
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