Don't put this on this happening pre internet so you didn't know better . Your man gets convicted and goes to Jail for rape and you still believe him and still think he is marriage material. Back then these men got a slap on the wrist or walked away because rape not only can be difficult to prove but these women were less likely to be believed so for him to be convicted and to be sent away for that long means that they had a plethora of evidence on him and the crime must have been so heinous and yet she still stayed with him. Why didn't she attend the court hearings to support her man since she believed in his innocence. Maybe she would have learnt a thing or 2 about her sadistic partner.
Seems like she chose not to cause her self esteem was in the gutter. Married in prison? Not leaving after he confessed cause you believe that God forgave him and married is for better and for worse ? Procreating with the predator. Paying all the bills. Blaming the preacher for the reason you stuck around. A whole bird and let's be honest even with the interweb we all know she still would have married him even in this day and age. Talking about how she stayed so that she could watch him and protect other women. Puh -leeze give me a break.