Boston Marriage term is introduced.

(ca.) The term is generally attributed to Henry James in The Bostonians, which is published this year – even though it does not appear anywhere in the novel. It does appear, however in Helen Howe’s 1965 memoir The Gentle Americans, in which she she writes, “There were, in my parents’ circle of friends in Boston, several households consisting of two ladies, living sweetly and devotedly together. Such an alliance I was brought up to hear called a ‘Boston Marriage.’”