{"id":67,"date":"2023-10-03T14:48:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/divorce_history\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2025-03-28T12:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:59:46","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/divorce_history\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"67\" class=\"elementor elementor-67\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55574b2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55574b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e36db51\" data-id=\"e36db51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21979f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21979f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Team<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66d8d5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66d8d5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ebbd60\" data-id=\"1ebbd60\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b23f679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b23f679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet The Team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90ccca7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90ccca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; 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Her research interests include the interaction between gender and legal and financial institutions, and she has published widely on gender, entrepreneurship, bankruptcy, and the law in the long nineteenth century. Her latest book <em>Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce in Nineteenth Century<\/em> <em>England and Wales: For Wives Alone<\/em> will be published by Hart Publishing in November 2024. 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