Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What kind of a contract is marriage?: Married women's property, the sexual double standard, and the Divorce Act of 1857
  • Equal rights and spousal friendship: The Married Women's Property Act of 1870
  • The unity of the moral law: Prostitution, infanticide, and employment
  • An ambiguous victory: The Married Women's Property Act of 1882
  • Parliament's rejection of parental equality: The Infant Custody Act of 1886
  • A husband's right to his wife's body: Wife abuse, the restitution of conjugal rights, and marital rape
  • The search for spousal equality: A legacy for feminists.