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Fraidy Reiss

January 01, 1970

"Unchained At Last" redirects here. For the 1980's album, see Slave (band).

Fraidy Reiss is a United States-based activist against forced marriage, child marriage, and teenage marriage.

Life edit

Reiss was raised Haredi Jewish in Brooklyn, New York.[1][2] At age 19, she entered an arranged marriage to a man she had known for three months.[3][4][5] She married the man, and had two children with him.

According to Reiss, in the first week of her marriage, her then-husband began to abuse her, repeatedly threatening to kill her and engaging in other forms of violence.[3][1][6] Reiss says she only realized that she was experiencing domestic violence when she spoke with a therapist outside of her community.[7] Nonetheless, her family encouraged her to stay with her husband.[6] After one violent episode, Reiss applied for a temporary restraining order, the first woman in her community to do so.[3] However, she says her rabbi sent an attorney, also a member of the Haredi community, to take Reiss to family court, to tell the judge that she wished to drop the order. Reiss developed a five-year escape plan,[6] and was eventually able to go to college, get a job, support her family, and divorce her husband.[8]

Reiss graduated at 32 from Rutgers University, and was commencement speaker.[9][10] She began work as a journalist. Reiss left her husband after twelve years of marriage, and was shunned by her family after doing so. She finally was able to obtain a divorce three years after leaving him.[11] Reiss subsequently left Judaism, and became an atheist.[3][1] Reiss has not spoken to her family since then, save for her sister on occasion.[3][2][4]

In 2016, it was announced that Reiss would become the subject of a documentary by production company Women Rising.[9] Sara Hirsh Bordo will direct the documentary, and production on it was scheduled to begin in fall of 2016.[9]

Activism edit

In 2011, Reiss founded the non-profit organization Unchained At Last, to support women who wish to leave arranged and forced marriages.[3][1][6][2][8] Helping minors is difficult, but Unchained does what it can, including changing laws to prevent minors from being legally entered into marriage in the United States.[11] The organization is incorporated in New Jersey.[1] Unchained At Last serves people from various communities. The organization tailors services to each client's background.[2] Unchained At Last offers legal assistance and other direct services for the women. The organization also helps the women with social services, so that they can continue with their lives, as well as mentoring.[3][1][6][7] Reiss has also participated in a planning session held by the White House Council on Women and Girls that would target development of a national policy on forced and child marriages.[1] Reiss also collaborated with New Jersey senator Loretta Weinberg on a draft of a law that would allow women to access crime victimization records free of charge. This would allow the women to use those records as proof to obtain restraining orders.[4] As of 2024, the organization has assisted nearly 1,000 survivors.[12]

Upon learning about the phenomenon of marriage under the age of 18 in the United States, Reiss took on ending marriage under the age of 18 in all 50 U.S. states. In 2018, the first two U.S. states - Delaware and New Jersey - signed laws ending all marriage before 18.[13][14] Also in 2018, American Samoa, a U.S. territory, ended child marriage.[15] Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and the U.S. Virgin Islands followed in 2020, then Rhode Island and New York in 2021, and Massachusetts in 2022. In 2023, Vermont, Connecticut, and Michigan ended child marriage. Washington and Virginia followed in 2024, bringing to 12 the total number of states that have ended child marriage.[16] As of 2024, several other states have introduced similar legislation to end marriage under the age of 18.[17]

Media edit

Reiss has written several op-eds for outlets like The Washington Post, The Star-Ledger, CNN, The Hill, and Refinery29 (co-authored by Chelsea Clinton).[18][19][20][21][22][23][24] In 2017, Forbes named Reiss one of five women who are tackling some of the world's "most urgent issues".[25] Reiss was featured in Great Big Story's "Defenders" series about fearless, headstrong, undeterred women fighting for change in the spirit of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,[26] and was one of the titular "gutsy women" featured in Hillary and Chelsea Clinton's 2019 book, The Book of Gutsy Women and subsequent Apple TV+ docuseries, Gutsy.[27]

Reiss lent her expertise to the A&E documentary, I Was a Child Bride: The Untold Story, with Elizabeth Vargas, in 2019.[28]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Freedman, Samuel (20 March 2015). . The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Baer, Reut. "Interview with the Founder of Unchained, Fraidy Reiss". Ma'Yan. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "The Joy Of Leaving An Arranged Marriage — And The Cost". NPR. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "An Orthodox Jewish Woman's Journey From Chained Wife to Advocate". TheMarker. Haaretz. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  5. ^ Ferguson, Sarah. "On the Front Lines in the Fight to End Child Marriage in the U.S." unicefusa.org.
  6. ^ a b c d e O'Keeffee, Michael. "Unchained at Last helps women, girls escape forced marriages". New York Daily News. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b Bronis, Leeor. "Freedom from the bonds of unholy matrimony". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b Reiss, Fraidy (25 April 2012). "Fraidy Reiss: Breaking The Chains Of Religious Tradition". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Women Rising Announces Fraidy Reiss As Next Documentary". PR Newswire. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Founder/Executive Director".
  11. ^ a b Braunschweiger, Amy (13 February 2017). "Witness: Child Marriage in the US". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Unchained At a Glance". Unchained At Last. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  13. ^ "Delaware becomes first US state to fully ban child marriage". CNN. May 12, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  14. ^ "New Jersey governor signs law banning under-age marriage". June 22, 2018.
  15. ^ "Governor Moliga signs into law bill to increase marriage age for girls". Radio New Zealand. September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  16. ^ "About Child Marriage in the U.S." Unchained At Last. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  17. ^ "Child Marriage -- Progress". Unchained At Last.
  18. ^ Reiss, Fraidy (April 24, 2012). "Breaking the chains of religious tradition". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  19. ^ Reiss, Fraidy (February 10, 2017). "Why can 12-year-olds still get married in the United States?". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  20. ^ Reiss, Fraidy (April 15, 2012). "Among N.J. Orthodox Jewish women, child custody fears form barrier to freedom". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  21. ^ Reiss, Fraidy (May 16, 2017). "Was Christie's cruel veto on child marriage bill ignorance or malice? | Opinion". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  22. ^ Reiss, Fraidy (November 16, 2017). "Child marriage is happening at an alarming rate across the US". CNN.
  23. ^ Reiss, Fraidy (March 22, 2018). "Child marriage isn't marriage and 'nearly 18' isn't 18 years old". The Hill.
  24. ^ Reiss, Fraidy; Clinton, Chelsea (March 8, 2019). "Child Marriage Is Still Happening In The U.S. & Around The World". Refinery29.
  25. ^ Hartz, Marlena (December 11, 2017). "5 Fearless Female Founders To Follow In 2018". Forbes.
  26. ^ "State by State, Crusading to End Child Marriage". Great Big Story.
  27. ^ "Watch Gutsy Women Are Rebel Hearts - Gutsy (Season 1, Episode 4) | Apple TV+". Apple TV. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  28. ^ "I Was a Child Bride: The Untold Story". A&E TV.

Further reading edit

  • Why Fraidy Reiss founded Unchained At Last - a Washington Post interview with Fraidy Reiss
  • How a bride forced to marry became ‘unchained at last’ - Al Jazeera America
  • Woman Breaks Through Chains of Forced Marriage, and Helps Others Do the Same - The New York Times
  • Why can 12-year-olds still get married in the United States? - a Washington Post op-ed by Fraidy Reiss
  • An American 13-Year-Old, Pregnant and Married to Her Rapist - a New York Times op-ed by Nicholas Kristof
  • Unchained at Last Aims to End Child and Forced Marriages - a NJ Monthly profile

January 01, 1970
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Unchained At Last redirects here For the 1980 s album see Slave band Fraidy Reiss is a United States based activist against forced marriage child marriage and teenage marriage Contents 1 Life 2 Activism 3 Media 4 See also 5 References 6 Further readingLife editReiss was raised Haredi Jewish in Brooklyn New York 1 2 At age 19 she entered an arranged marriage to a man she had known for three months 3 4 5 She married the man and had two children with him According to Reiss in the first week of her marriage her then husband began to abuse her repeatedly threatening to kill her and engaging in other forms of violence 3 1 6 Reiss says she only realized that she was experiencing domestic violence when she spoke with a therapist outside of her community 7 Nonetheless her family encouraged her to stay with her husband 6 After one violent episode Reiss applied for a temporary restraining order the first woman in her community to do so 3 However she says her rabbi sent an attorney also a member of the Haredi community to take Reiss to family court to tell the judge that she wished to drop the order Reiss developed a five year escape plan 6 and was eventually able to go to college get a job support her family and divorce her husband 8 Reiss graduated at 32 from Rutgers University and was commencement speaker 9 10 She began work as a journalist Reiss left her husband after twelve years of marriage and was shunned by her family after doing so She finally was able to obtain a divorce three years after leaving him 11 Reiss subsequently left Judaism and became an atheist 3 1 Reiss has not spoken to her family since then save for her sister on occasion 3 2 4 In 2016 it was announced that Reiss would become the subject of a documentary by production company Women Rising 9 Sara Hirsh Bordo will direct the documentary and production on it was scheduled to begin in fall of 2016 9 Activism editIn 2011 Reiss founded the non profit organization Unchained At Last to support women who wish to leave arranged and forced marriages 3 1 6 2 8 Helping minors is difficult but Unchained does what it can including changing laws to prevent minors from being legally entered into marriage in the United States 11 The organization is incorporated in New Jersey 1 Unchained At Last serves people from various communities The organization tailors services to each client s background 2 Unchained At Last offers legal assistance and other direct services for the women The organization also helps the women with social services so that they can continue with their lives as well as mentoring 3 1 6 7 Reiss has also participated in a planning session held by the White House Council on Women and Girls that would target development of a national policy on forced and child marriages 1 Reiss also collaborated with New Jersey senator Loretta Weinberg on a draft of a law that would allow women to access crime victimization records free of charge This would allow the women to use those records as proof to obtain restraining orders 4 As of 2024 the organization has assisted nearly 1 000 survivors 12 Upon learning about the phenomenon of marriage under the age of 18 in the United States Reiss took on ending marriage under the age of 18 in all 50 U S states In 2018 the first two U S states Delaware and New Jersey signed laws ending all marriage before 18 13 14 Also in 2018 American Samoa a U S territory ended child marriage 15 Pennsylvania Minnesota and the U S Virgin Islands followed in 2020 then Rhode Island and New York in 2021 and Massachusetts in 2022 In 2023 Vermont Connecticut and Michigan ended child marriage Washington and Virginia followed in 2024 bringing to 12 the total number of states that have ended child marriage 16 As of 2024 several other states have introduced similar legislation to end marriage under the age of 18 17 Media editReiss has written several op eds for outlets like The Washington Post The Star Ledger CNN The Hill and Refinery29 co authored by Chelsea Clinton 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 In 2017 Forbes named Reiss one of five women who are tackling some of the world s most urgent issues 25 Reiss was featured in Great Big Story s Defenders series about fearless headstrong undeterred women fighting for change in the spirit of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 26 and was one of the titular gutsy women featured in Hillary and Chelsea Clinton s 2019 book The Book of Gutsy Women and subsequent Apple TV docuseries Gutsy 27 Reiss lent her expertise to the A amp E documentary I Was a Child Bride The Untold Story with Elizabeth Vargas in 2019 28 See also editChild marriage in the United StatesReferences edit a b c d e f g Freedman Samuel 20 March 2015 Woman Breaks Through Chains of Forced Marriage and Helps Others Do the Same The New York Times Archived from the original on 20 March 2020 Retrieved 7 March 2017 a b c d Baer Reut Interview with the Founder of Unchained Fraidy Reiss Ma Yan Retrieved 8 March 2017 a b c d e f g The Joy Of Leaving An Arranged Marriage And The Cost NPR Retrieved 7 March 2017 a b c An Orthodox Jewish Woman s Journey From Chained Wife to Advocate TheMarker Haaretz Retrieved 8 March 2017 Ferguson Sarah On the Front Lines in the Fight to End Child Marriage in the U S unicefusa org a b c d e O Keeffee Michael Unchained at Last helps women girls escape forced marriages New York Daily News Retrieved 7 March 2017 a b Bronis Leeor Freedom from the bonds of unholy matrimony The Times of Israel Retrieved 8 March 2017 a b Reiss Fraidy 25 April 2012 Fraidy Reiss Breaking The Chains Of Religious Tradition The Huffington Post Retrieved 8 March 2017 a b c Women Rising Announces Fraidy Reiss As Next Documentary PR Newswire Retrieved 8 March 2017 Founder Executive Director a b Braunschweiger Amy 13 February 2017 Witness Child Marriage in the US Human Rights Watch Retrieved 8 March 2017 Unchained At a Glance Unchained At Last Retrieved 2023 10 12 Delaware becomes first US state to fully ban child marriage CNN May 12 2018 Retrieved September 17 2018 New Jersey governor signs law banning under age marriage June 22 2018 Governor Moliga signs into law bill to increase marriage age for girls Radio New Zealand September 12 2018 Retrieved September 19 2018 About Child Marriage in the U S Unchained At Last Retrieved 2023 10 12 Child Marriage Progress Unchained At Last Reiss Fraidy April 24 2012 Breaking the chains of religious tradition The Washington Post Retrieved March 20 2020 Reiss Fraidy February 10 2017 Why can 12 year olds still get married in the United States The Washington Post Retrieved March 20 2020 Reiss Fraidy April 15 2012 Among N J Orthodox Jewish women child custody fears form barrier to freedom The Star Ledger Retrieved March 20 2020 Reiss Fraidy May 16 2017 Was Christie s cruel veto on child marriage bill ignorance or malice Opinion The Star Ledger Retrieved March 20 2020 Reiss Fraidy November 16 2017 Child marriage is happening at an alarming rate across the US CNN Reiss Fraidy March 22 2018 Child marriage isn t marriage and nearly 18 isn t 18 years old The Hill Reiss Fraidy Clinton Chelsea March 8 2019 Child Marriage Is Still Happening In The U S amp Around The World Refinery29 Hartz Marlena December 11 2017 5 Fearless Female Founders To Follow In 2018 Forbes State by State Crusading to End Child Marriage Great Big Story Watch Gutsy Women Are Rebel Hearts Gutsy Season 1 Episode 4 Apple TV Apple TV 2022 09 08 Retrieved 2022 11 07 I Was a Child Bride The Untold Story A amp E TV Further reading editWhy Fraidy Reiss founded Unchained At Last a Washington Post interview with Fraidy Reiss How a bride forced to marry became unchained at last Al Jazeera America Woman Breaks Through Chains of Forced Marriage and Helps Others Do the Same The New York Times Why can 12 year olds still get married in the United States a Washington Post op ed by Fraidy Reiss An American 13 Year Old Pregnant and Married to Her Rapist a New York Times op ed by Nicholas Kristof Unchained at Last Aims to End Child and Forced Marriages a NJ Monthly profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fraidy Reiss amp oldid 1222491552, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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