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As a hedge against possible failure to prove adultery, this alleged “that for a period of time from 1901 and continuing thereafter he [had] kept up and continued an undue, improper, indecorous and licentious association and intimacy with a woman, named Mabel Cochrane, many years his junior, and of questionable character and immoral habits.”[i] Furthermore, Nina accused James of “bestowing upon and receiving marked and improper attention” beginning in the fall of 1901, “indulging in undue and imp
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― Gross Misbehavior and Wickedness: A Notorious Divorce in Early Twentieth-Century America
― Gross Misbehavior and Wickedness: A Notorious Divorce in Early Twentieth-Century America
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When her husband recovered, it was to shout abusively at her…. Later, when she reflected on it throughout the tedious courtroom proceedings, she realized this was the moment she had irrevocably determined to divorce her husband.
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― Gross Misbehavior and Wickedness: A Notorious Divorce in Early Twentieth-Century America
― Gross Misbehavior and Wickedness: A Notorious Divorce in Early Twentieth-Century America
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