How Did Thomas Edison Propose Marriage To His Second Wife Mina Miller?
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Thomas Edison was no stranger to love, as he had already been married and divorced by the time he met his second wife, Mina Miller. In fact, it was his divorce from his first wife, Mary Stilwell Edison, that opened the door for the union of Edison and Miller.
When the two met in 1885, Edison was 45 and Miller was just 24. Despite the 20-year age difference, the couple quickly formed a connection. Edison fell deeply in love with Miller, and attempted to propose to her many times, though she always denied him.
It wasn’t until March 1886, after months of courtship, that Edison finally found a way to get Miller to accept his marriage proposal. He enlisted the help of his close friends and arranged for Miller to be taken to Edison’s laboratory.
While there, Edison presented Miller with a phonograph that he had created, which played a recorded message of him asking for her hand in marriage. As she listened, Thomas himself appeared from behind a screen and went down on one knee to complete the marriage proposal.
Luckily, Miller accepted the proposal, and the two were married just two months later in May 1886. Together, the Edisons had three children and spent the next 27 years of their lives together beforeThomas tragically passed away in 1931.