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Originally Posted by library addict
I'm not an expert by any means, but I would think mid-twenties for a woman was considered old maid territory. Certainly not underage or young.
ETA: There's some interesting info here http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Ke-Me/...n-and-the.html apparently after the Civil War the age at which people could marrry was raised from 12 for girls  to 16 and from 14 to 18 for boys. So 26 would be well into adulthood. |
I'm still baffled. I realize this is a ARC copy so maybe the age is fixed in the final version. Now I relooked on the first page it says she cut 20 years of hair so I bet it's a misprint.
So it would make more sense she is 20 not 26. I knew something was off.
So I guess the question is what age did a woman come of age back then in 1867?