Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. CHAPTER ONE Life Under Coverture and How It Changed 10
5. CHAPTER TWO Married Women’s Rights Reforms in American Political Development 33
6. CHAPTER THREE Social Movements and State Power Reform in State Legislatures 57
7. CHAPTER FOUR Constitutional Conventions as Key Reform Moments 88
8. CHAPTER FIVE Decentralized Reform and Policy Diffusion 130
9. CHAPTER SIX Courts as Collaborators and Catalysts 149
10. Conclusion 169
11. Methods Appendix 177
12. Acknowledgments 191
13. Notes 193
14. Bibliography 221
15. Index 235