November 09, 2024
Letter

Still a wife after 76 years

I take issue with your front-page headline “Man, wife found dead in Parkman” (BDN, July 6-7). Why is it that a man can stand along, but after 76 years of life, a woman is still defined by her marital status?

“Couple found dead in Parkman” would have fit just as well.

Brett Elizabeth Cough

Brighton, Mass.


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