Season 13

Timewatch · Season 13

Presumed Guilty - A Women's History of Divorce 1945-1969S13E04


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.

Aired
9. 3. 1994
Runtime
50 min

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