A review by jeffburns
The Great Divorce: a Nineteenth-Century Mother's Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband, the Shakers, and Her Times by Ilyon Woo

5.0

Fantastic book about a subject almost no one has ever heard of. Eunice Chapman sought a divorce and custody of her children in 1815 when her husband kidnapped them and took them to live in a Shaker community. At a time when women had no rights, she led a one-woman campaign which changed New York state divorce and custody laws. Highly recommend.