>>508838843Eunice lied and said she was 18. The preacher said later he thought she looked young for her age.)
โThe whole United States should rise up in protest against this horrible thing. I hate to even think about it.โ
irst lady Eleanor Roosevelt agreed. She joined the Minnesota women and prominent Washington, D.C., leaders in calling for a censure of Winsteadโs and Johnsโ child marriage.
Tennessee, undoubtedly embarrassed by the uproar over the 9-year-old bride, soon passed a bill setting the minimum age of marriage at 16.
Today, most statesโ laws have set the minimum age of marriage at 18
In a 1960 interview with Eunice Winstead Johns she said while she had a good marriage she would advise other women to wait until they're 21 to get married.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/the-vault/minnesota-women-demanded-change-when-9-year-old-girl-got-married-in-1937
And now GTFO Ahmed