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PREVIEW: #NEWYORK:Excerpt from author Barbara Weisberg's thrilling history of a most unusual divorce between two First Families played out in the newspapers of Old New York during the Civil War and the Gilded Age -- battling over children, money, reputati

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: #NEWYORK:Excerpt from author Barbara Weisberg's thrilling history of a most unusual divorce between two First Families played out in the newspapers of Old New York during the Civil War and the Gilded Age -- battling over children, money, reputation, poor decisions: an Edith Wharton tale in messy fact. More later today.

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Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York by Barbara Weisberg (Author)

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The divorce trial Strong v. Strong riveted the nation during the final throes and aftermath of the Civil War, offering a shocking glimpse into the private world of New York’s powerful and privileged elite. Barbara Weisberg presents the chaotic courtroom and panoply of witnesses―governess, housekeeper, private detective, sisters-in-law, and many others―who provided contradictory and often salacious testimony. She then asks us to be the jury, deciding each spouse’s guilt and the possibility of a just resolution

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Conversation with Barbara Weisberg, the author of a new book, Strong Passions.

0:38.5

The Story of a Divorce in Old New York, between the 1850s Anti-Belellum New York, very prominent, very well-to-do families, bankers,

0:48.1

and spilling into the latter part of the century all the way to the 20th century. What is revelatory is the authority

0:55.9

that the husband had over the wife in the courts of Old New York. The marriage is perfect at the beginning and then the trouble

1:06.1

enters right in during the Civil War. The divorce is played out in the courtroom but also in the nation's newspapers followed very closely.

1:16.0

A scandal plus divorce skyrocketed in the latter part of the 19th century and this became a model of what to do and what not to do

1:28.8

faced with the children separation money the future

1:32.9

barber wiseburg

1:34.9

it comes from two play it comes from peter

1:38.0

part of it is just he

1:41.5

he he tries to forgive, God bless him, but he's enraged.

1:48.0

And in America at the time, it's considered the father's patriarchal right to have his children and the

1:57.2

angrier Peter gets over the years at Mary over for a whole slew of reasons.

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