• Clear and nuanced interpretation of a key phase of modern marriage
• Connects Victorian marriage through the revolt against marital norms by second wave feminists through the model created in the 1920s and 1930s
• A rare work on the history of sexuality that addresses heterosexuality
• Integrates research on Caucasians and African Americans, looking at both gender and race

Readership: Academics and students of studies in the history of sexuality, gender studies, feminism and social history.

Christina Simmons, Assistant Professor of History, University of Connecticut

Introduction
1: Education for Social Hygiene
2: Sex Radical Challenges to Marriage
3: Companionate Marriage
4: Modern Marriage: Three Visions
5: Sexual Advice for Modern Marriage
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes