Not All Wives: Women of Colonial Philadelphia - Paperback
by Karin Wulf
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812219173ISBN-10:812219171UPC:9780812219173Book Category:History, Antiques & CollectiblesBook Subcategory:Americas (North Central South West Indies), United States, BooksBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775)Size:8.80 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC24ZMSY0P
Marital status was a fundamental legal and cultural feature of women's identity in the eighteenth century. Free women who were not married could own property and make wills, contracts, and court appearances, rights that the law of coverture prevented their married sisters from enjoying. Karin Wulf explores the significance of marital status in this account of unmarried women in Philadelphia, the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812219173ISBN-10:812219171UPC:9780812219173Book Category:History, Antiques & CollectiblesBook Subcategory:Americas (North Central South West Indies), United States, BooksBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775)Size:8.80 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC24ZMSY0P
Karin Wulf is Associate Professor of History at American University. She is the coeditor of Milcah Martha Moore's Book: A Commonplace Book from Revolutionary America.
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