Not All Wives : Women of Colonial Philadelphia /

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Marital status was a fundamental legal and cultural feature of women's identity in the eighteenth century. Free women who were not married could own property and make wills, contracts, and court appearances, rights that the law of coverture prevented their married sisters from enjoying. Karin W...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wulf, Karin A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Marriage > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Single women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Mariage > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
Femmes seules > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Marriage
Single women
Frau
Alleenstaanden.
Vrouwen.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pa.
History
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