TIL about the 1937 marriage of 22-year-old Charlie Johns and 9-year-old Eunice Winstead, causing national attention after an article was written in Life magazine. It led to the state of Tennessee introducing a new law setting the minimum marriage age as 14. Other US jurisdictions followed similarly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_of_Charlie_Johns_and_Eunice_Wins…
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