A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe webmaster's page for free fun content. ...
laws requiring a married woman to take her husband's name were not on the books in the United Kingdom or the United States until Hawaii was admitted to the US as a state in 1959.
aDuring the 19th century some women in the United States and Britain began to challenge laws that denied them the right to their property once they married. Under the common law doctrine of coverture husbands gained control of their wives\' real estate and wages. Beginning in the 1840s, sta...
Calvo, J. 1997. "Spouse-Based Immigration Laws: The Legacy of Coverture" in Critical Race Feminism: A Reader, edited by Adrien Wing, New York: New York University Press, 380-386.Calvo, J. 'Spouse-based Immigration Laws: The Legacy of Coverture' in Adrien Katherine Wing (ed.). Critical...
aDuring the 19th century some women in the United States and Britain began to challenge laws that denied them the right to their property once they married. Under the common law doctrine of coverture husbands gained control of their wives' real estate and wages. Beginning in the 1840s, state...