HeyJaredMelinda's Letter
Essays about books, culture, and life from historical romance author Melinda Copp.
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Again, This Time in Paris (opens the original)
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The Gilded Age Debutante (opens the original)
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Historically, because girls weren’t raised to take over titles or businesses, they were raised to be wives, ideally of a man whose station or connections or fortune offered some kind benefit to everyone involved. Daughters were married off for diplomatic and business purposes. And matchmaking functioned as a means of controlling who ascended the social ladder and who didn’t. For wealthy people and people in power, a young woman’s debut was her official entrance into marriageable society. This cu
The Traditional Kind (opens the original)
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How I Made This (opens the original)
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A Cool Dip in the Sea (opens the original)
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