Women before the court : law and patriarchy in the Anglo-American world, 1600-1800 / Lindsay R. Moore.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781526144607
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain -- History
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History
- Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions
- Women -- United States -- Social conditions
- Patriarchy -- Great Britain -- History
- Patriarchy -- United States -- History
- Society
- Society & culture: general
- Gender studies: women & girls
- Law & society, gender issues
- Legal history
- 305.420941 23
- HQ1593
Previously issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A ground-breaking study of women in Britain and British America through two centuries of pivotal changes in the law, economy and empire, this work shows how the expansion of women's legal status gave them increased financial independence and undermined patriarchal relationships within the household.
Specialized.
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