Wives & Property: Reform of the Married Women's Property Law in Nineteenth-Century England - Paperback
by Lee Holcombe
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Toronto PressISBN-13:9780802064769ISBN-10:802064760UPC:9780802064769Book Category:Social Science, Law, HistoryBook Subcategory:Feminism & Feminist Theory, Legal History, WomenSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SC6B9TNB1A
Wives & Property: Reform of the Married Women's Property Law in Nineteenth-Century England
In the 1870s Millicent Garrett Fawcett had her purse snatched by a young thief in London. When he appeared in court to testify, she heard the young man charged with 'stealing from the person of Millicent Fawcett a purse containing 1 18s 6d the property of Henry Fawcett.' Long after the episode she recalled: 'I felt as if I had been charged with theft myself.'
The English common law which deprived...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Toronto PressISBN-13:9780802064769ISBN-10:802064760UPC:9780802064769Book Category:Social Science, Law, HistoryBook Subcategory:Feminism & Feminist Theory, Legal History, WomenSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SC6B9TNB1A
Lee Holcombe (1928-2002) was a distinguished professor emerita of history at the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg.
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