Rucphen (population: 22,607) is a town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. The municipality covers an area of 64.23 km² (of which 0.70 km² water).
The municipality of Rucphen also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Schijf[?], Sprundel, St. Willebrord[?], Zegge[?].
... expected to return to their traditional roles as housewives and mothers. The men returned from a raucous life abroad where facing death each day had not left them eager ...