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A Swedish reformer's essay examines sexual morality, tracing historical development and arguing for liberated, ethical relations based on respect and personal freedom. It explores the evolution of romantic feeling, selection of partners, and the social and legal consequences of marriage and motherhood. The author advocates the right to motherhood and the option to be exempted from it, proposes collective support for child-rearing, easier divorce, and revised marriage laws, all aimed at promoting children's welfare and women's autonomy. Throughout, the author criticizes social hypocrisy and proposes pragmatic reforms to align private life with social responsibility and human development.

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Title: Love and Marriage

Author: Ellen Key

Author of introduction, etc.: Havelock Ellis

Translator: Arthur G. Chater

Release date: July 28, 2018 [eBook #57592]

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed
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Love and Marriage

By

Ellen Key
Author of “The Century of the Child,” etc.


Translated from the Swedish by
Arthur G. Chater

With a Critical and Biographical Introduction by
Havelock Ellis



G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press


Copyright, 1911
BY
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
Ninth Printing

The Knickerbocker Press. New York