"A generational tale deftly written with penetrating insight, person-ality, and feeling, Burning of the Marriage Hat is very highly recom-mended reading and would make an exceptional selection choice for women's reading groups." --The Midwest Book Review, Small Press Bookwatch
















2.5 million women gave children up for adoption in the 1960s
Burning of the Marriage Hat sheds light on the denial of a family mur-der and the problem of an unwed preg-nant teen linking four generations of Wyoming women.
Margaret Benshoof-Holler and her book Burning of the Marriage Hat, a fictionalized account of conditions of unwed pregnant women during the middle and early 20th century, were recently featured on "Women's Voices Women's Lives," WFSS, 91.9 FM public radio and will air again on August 26, 2002 at 10:00am east coast time (7:00 a.m. west coast time). Log onto www.wfss.org to listen online on August 26.

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