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The Political and Civil Status of Women in Georgia, 1783–1860
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Chapters in this book
- i-iv i
- Contents v
- Series Preface vii
- Introduction ix
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Domestic Relations and Law
- Women and Property in South Carolina: The Evidence from Marriage Settlements, 1730 to 1830 3
- “Smiling Through Her Tears”: Ante-Bellum Southern Women and Divorce 34
- The Political and Civil Status of Women in Georgia, 1783–1860 56
- “An Act for the Relief of Females...”: Divorce and the Changing Legal Status of Women in Tennessee, 1796–1860, Part I 80
- “An Act far the Relief of Females...”: Divorce and the Changing Legal Status of Women in Tennessee Part II 102
- The Mississippi Married Women's Property Act of 1839 117
- Invisible Women: The Legal Fiction of Marital Unity in Nineteenth-Century America 132
- Married Women’s Property Law: 1800–1850 153
- Radical Reconstruction and the Property Rights of Southern Women 220
- Apart but Not Adrift: Wives, Divorce, and Independence in California, 1850–1890 242
- Law, Sex, Cruelty, and Divorce in Victorian America, 1840–1900 261
- Who Gets the Child? Custody, Guardianship, and the Rise of a Judicial Patriarchy in Nineteenth-Century America 286
- Late Nineteenth Century Married Women’s Property Law: Reception of the Early Married Women’s Property Acts by Courts and Legislatures 312
- Reynolds v. United States: Nineteenth-Century Forms of Marriage and the Status of Women 345
- Divorce in the Progressive Era 376
- The Pressure to Provide: Class, Consumerism, and Divorce in Urban America, 1880–1920 391
- Copyright Information 405
- Index 409
Chapters in this book
- i-iv i
- Contents v
- Series Preface vii
- Introduction ix
-
Domestic Relations and Law
- Women and Property in South Carolina: The Evidence from Marriage Settlements, 1730 to 1830 3
- “Smiling Through Her Tears”: Ante-Bellum Southern Women and Divorce 34
- The Political and Civil Status of Women in Georgia, 1783–1860 56
- “An Act for the Relief of Females...”: Divorce and the Changing Legal Status of Women in Tennessee, 1796–1860, Part I 80
- “An Act far the Relief of Females...”: Divorce and the Changing Legal Status of Women in Tennessee Part II 102
- The Mississippi Married Women's Property Act of 1839 117
- Invisible Women: The Legal Fiction of Marital Unity in Nineteenth-Century America 132
- Married Women’s Property Law: 1800–1850 153
- Radical Reconstruction and the Property Rights of Southern Women 220
- Apart but Not Adrift: Wives, Divorce, and Independence in California, 1850–1890 242
- Law, Sex, Cruelty, and Divorce in Victorian America, 1840–1900 261
- Who Gets the Child? Custody, Guardianship, and the Rise of a Judicial Patriarchy in Nineteenth-Century America 286
- Late Nineteenth Century Married Women’s Property Law: Reception of the Early Married Women’s Property Acts by Courts and Legislatures 312
- Reynolds v. United States: Nineteenth-Century Forms of Marriage and the Status of Women 345
- Divorce in the Progressive Era 376
- The Pressure to Provide: Class, Consumerism, and Divorce in Urban America, 1880–1920 391
- Copyright Information 405
- Index 409