In a divorce everyone should get what they brought into the household.
A homestead wife took care of the home and the husband so he could be a more effective and successful breadwinner. And that much might be true. In that case they actually built a home together.
Today there ain't much homestead wives around and it is also true that the bread winner also provided economically for his wife during those years.
I know of a woman who has now married for the third time in 2 years.