Contents

                   Dedication

                   Introduction

Chapter One     Our Lives

                   Early Days

                   Courtship

                   Wedding

Chapter Two     Other Lives

                   Early America

                   Companionate Marriage

                   Slave Marriages

Chapter Three   Our Lives

                    Leaving Home

                   Newlyweds in New York

                   New Parents in California

                   Growing Up in Greece

Chapter Four    Other Lives

                   New Places, New Roles

                   Pioneer Marriages

                   Immigrant Marriages

Chapter Five      Our Lives

                   Coming Home

                   Family House

                   Equal Work

                   Empty Nest

Chapter Six       Other Lives

                   Broken Marriages

                   Getting Divorced

                   Blended Families

Chapter Seven   Our Lives

                    From This Day Forward


                   Afterword

                   Suggested Reading

                   Acknowledgments

                   About the Authors

                   Also by Cokie and Steve Roberts

                   Copyright

                   About the Publisher