Iowa considered to be one of the first 'divorce mills in the United States says Northern Iowa professor.
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Glenda Riley says Iowa was one of the first 'divorce mills' in the 1840s and 1850s because it had such liberal laws on divorce, family and women. People from all over the country came to Iowa to get a divorce.
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