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Charlie and Eunice Johns
The marriage of 24-year-old Charlie Johns and nine-year-old Eunice Winstead was an occurrence of child marriage that happened in the state of Tennessee, United States, in 1937.[1][2][3] The event received national attention after Life magazine published an article about the union in February of the same year.[4]
In response to Johns and Winstead's marriage, the state of Tennessee introduced a law setting the minimum age of marriage at sixteen years. Other states, such as Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Washington D.C., also introduced similar laws.[4] Both parties remained married after the Tennessee law was passed,[5] and the marriage persisted until Johns' death in 1997.[2] Johns and Winstead had nine children throughout their lifetimes.
- ^ L. Syrett, Nicholas (2016-10-03). "Chapter Eight. Marriage Comes Early in the Mountains: The Persistence of Child Marriage in the Rural South". American Child Bride: A History of Minors and Marriage in the United States. University of North Carolina Press. doi:10.5149/northcarolina/9781469629537.003.0009. ISBN 978-1-4696-2953-7.
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:6was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Tsui, Anjali. "Married Young: The Fight Over Child Marriage in America". PBS. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ Fox, Lauren (2019). "Child Marriage in the United States". Law School Student Scholarship – via Seton Hall University repository.