my great grandmother married at 14 and had 13 children in Back To The Gypsy That I Was Sunset men Shirt, she was of irish settler heritage. Historically the concept of teenage is a 20th century construct. if you look at convict times in Australia it was not unusual at all, just as many children started work in mines etc at around 7 years old. Children grew up very quickly, they didn’t spend 12 years in school unless they were privileged and girls were naturally expected to marry and having many children was the next natural step. Would I want that for my daughter absolutely not, but we live in different times and different cultures. What we see as children other cultures see as women.
