Why do women wear diamond engagement rings?

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Society & Culture

4.2 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2013

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Betrothed men and women have exchanged rings for centuries, but women receiving diamonds is a 20th-century invention. Cristen and Caroline take an unromantic look and how DeBeers taught us that diamonds are forever and should cost two months salary.

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0:00.0	I'm Will Daly. For years I've been on the road playing shows and seeing America through live music.
0:05.0	This summer I'll hit the stage with Season 2 of Sound of Artown.
0:09.0	Ten cities, 12 episodes, every other Thursday.
0:12.0	We explore the live music venues and culture of a new American city with each new episode.
0:17.0	Our tour continues into the kind of venues you want to get to when you land in Detroit.
0:21.0	Providence, Denver, or Seattle.
0:24.0	Listen to Sound of Artown on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	Hi, I'm Frida.
0:32.0	And I'm Arthie.
0:33.0	We have spent the last 20 years building and working at some of the largest companies in the world.
0:38.0	We work with some remarkable people, Rob McAliney.
0:41.0	When I see the people of Rexham, I grew up exactly like them.
0:44.0	Check out the Arthie & Frida show.
0:46.0	That is A-A-R-D-H-I-H-N-S-R-I-R-A-M show.
0:53.0	Listen to the Arthie & Frida show on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:00.0	This is a story of a man who has fascinated me.
1:04.0	His name was Sweet Daddy Grace, and that's a name you don't forget.
1:09.0	He was a visionary who built a fortune as a black man during Jim Crow, during the Depression.
1:15.0	But today, not many people know about him.
1:19.0	He raced, sort of wiped out, and I wonder if this was done intentionally.
1:24.0	Listen to Sweet Daddy Grace on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:35.0	Welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You from House of Works.com.
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