Charity and Sylvia: A Same Sex Marriage in Early America with Rachel Hope Cleves

Rachel Hope Cleves joins us to discuss the incredible forty-four year love story of tailors Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake who were recognized and respected as a married couple in their small close knit community of Weybridge, Vermont in the nineteenth century.

Recommended Reading:

• Charity & Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rachel Hope Cleves

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