What is a “grass widow?”
Brad Peters,
Phoenix, Arizona
Grass widow is a term dating back several hundred years. Originally, it could have referred to an unmarried woman who did her lovin’ in a haystack or on the grassy ground. Over time, it came to mean a woman who was separated or divorced, or an abandoned mistress, who had a baby out of wedlock or had an absentee husband.
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Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian. His latest book is Wyatt Earp: Showdown at Tombstone. If you have a question, write:
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Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and the Wild West History Association’s vice president. His latest book is 2018’s Arizona Oddities: A Land of Anomalies and Tamales. Send your question, with your city/state of residence, to marshall.trimble@scottsdalecc.edu or Ask the Marshall, P.O. Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327.