As a result, situations that seem shocking today were sometimes treated as ordinary.
And that is exactly what makes this photograph so unsettling.
The Controversy That Reached a Courtroom
When concerns were raised about the marriage between Homer and Geneva, the matter eventually reached a judge.
Some believed the union should be dissolved.
Others defended it.
The case generated attention and raised questions that would continue to echo for decades.
Yet the outcome surprised many people.
Rather than ending the marriage, the court allowed it to continue.
Geneva was sent back to live with Homer, a man more than twenty years older than she was.
To modern readers, the decision can feel almost impossible to understand.
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