Texas Vital Statistics

Isn’t it ridiculous that child marriages used to be common here? Vital statistics from 1956 show that 4,000 girls and 60 boys married at 14 and earlier. Georgia in that year recorded two girls marrying at 10, six at 11, thirty-four at age 12, 119 at only 13 and more than 300 at 14. Mississippi… Continue reading Texas Vital Statistics