There are no circumstances listed in the Bible in which it is morally licit for a woman to divorce her husband. I have looked very carefully; there are none. Consider that in light of this verse:
For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong,” says the Lord of hosts. “So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.” (Malachi 2:16)
The God Who says He hates divorce has made no allowance in His Holy Scriptures for wifely divorce. Those who are Catholic perhaps can seek an annulment, but for those of us who are Protestant, there is no exit door from marriage for women. The most we are permitted is to separate from our husbands and stay single and chaste until such a time as we might be reunited:
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. (1 Corinthians 7:10-11)
Did you get that? A wife must not separate from her husband, let alone divorce him, but if things are so bad that she must separate, she must remain alone or she is an adulteress:
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