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Untold. What is coverture? / produced by Makematic.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Married women--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Married women.
- Women's rights--United States.
- Women's rights.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Short films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Untold : women and the American story
- What is coverture?
- Place of Publication:
- Belfast, Northern Ireland : Makematic, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Coverture severely restricted women's political, financial, and personal rights and was imported to the American colonies as a part of English common law. It affected the lives of all American women, and although it has been diminished over time, vestiges of it remain even today.
- Notes:
- "Women and the American story".
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 23, 2025).
- OCLC:
- 1499626010
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