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Presumed Guilty - A Women's History of Divorce 1945-1969

Timewatch · Season 13 · Episode 4
In the decades leading up to reform of the divorce laws in 1969, thousands of women suffered the injustices of a system that treated a failed marriage as a criminal offence. Timewatch tells the stories of some of these women, and the terrible price they paid to end their marriages.

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Season
13
Episode
4
Air Date
09/Mar/1994
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
50 min

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In the decades leading up to reform of the divorce laws in 1969, thousands of women suffered the injustices of a system that treated a failed marriage as a criminal offence. Timewatch tells the stories of some of these women, and the terrible price they paid to end their marriages.

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