My great - grandmother told my mother that when she was a young woman, prior to her second marriage she was known as a Grass Widow. Does anyone know what this refers to? I saw the second True Grit Movie the other night and John Wayne's Character says that he married a grass widow from Missouri. It seems this is an older phrase, but does anyone have a clue? My gg was said to be part Indian(as so many were) her first husband a Douglas Smith was said to be from a family of means that had property in Ardmore and also in Denver, CO. I have found no record of marriage or divorce yet and do not know if she was actually widowed. On my grandfathers bc she does list him as her husband residing in Denver. Knowing what this phrase means may help me tremendously. tia, Cheryl in Houston