Reply To: Life in Hallowell in 1789

[Katherine Ann Mark]

Katherine Ann Mark

January 16, 2025 at 3:53 pm #33007

I echo all the other comments here in that it wasn’t much of a surprise that several of the men were depicted as cads and villains and treated women poorly, given that time in history. There was (and still is) that an infuriating undercurrent of misogyny, especially by those in power. So I appreciated that many of the couples, like the Ballards and the Pollards, worked together as equals to run their businesses and raise their families.