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In 1821 Maine became the first state to allow married women to own property, but only in situations where their spouse was incapacitated. Other states followed between 1835 and 1860, some allowing married women to own property and some allowing them to own but not to control property.
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What way did legal rights for women expand in Great Britain during the 19th century?
women won the right to own property after marriage
Who made up the workforce in the 19th century?
women
Describe the roles and challenges of women in the late 19th century, think about expectations, race, class and who challenged the role of women in the 19th century?
non-feminist historians
What century is the 1870s?
1873 was the 19th century (1800-1899).
What century was 1865?
18th century
In what ways were women's options limited in the early 19th century?
They could not vote, own property, and it was very hard for them to find jobs
Why women could not vote in England in the 19th century?
because the women did not have the rights to do it
What were women's rights at the end of the 19th century?
they could do less things then now
What way did legal rights for women expand in Great Britain during the 19th century?
women won the right to own property after marriage
What was one difference between the legal rights of slaves and the legal rights of women in the United states during the 19th century?
Women could be taught to read, but slaves could not.
Who made up the workforce in the 19th century?
women
Who made up the 19Th century workforce?
women
Describe the roles and challenges of women in the late 19th century, think about expectations, race, class and who challenged the role of women in the 19th century?
non-feminist historians
The famous women social workers of the 19th to 20th centuries?
mother teresa 19th century tarabai shinde 20th century
Women revolutionaries of the 19th and 20th century?
Emily pankhurst
Women social eorkers of 19th century?
Women social workers of the 19th Century were ladies who usually belonged to the Temperance Movement. They later organized into the Salvation Army and several other women's rights groups.
When did women gain the right to inherit property?
Mexican women fell under the Spanish Community Property Law--Spanish women could legally own separate property, and write legally-binding wills for that property, from the time they first settled in the Americas in the 1500's.
