MARRY FOR PENSION
A WIDESPREAD HABIT.
AMONG ENGLISH WOMEN.
DO NOT WANT CHILDREN,
(United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, January 15. Miss Carol Morrison, the first woman solicitor, speaking at the Fabian Society, revealed the widespread habit among young women of marrying in order to get what is really a life pen*, sion.
She said: “They have no children; they dp not want them. Then they tire of looking aft£r their husbands, so they accuse them of cruelty and * apply for separation. There are many . Magistrates who grant these women the maximum allowance of £2 a week when the man’s income is only £3.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 81, 16 January 1930, Page 5
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