In her own name : the politics of women's rights before suffrage / Sara Chatfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chatfield, Sara, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Suffrage--United States--History.

Women.

Women's rights--United States--History.

Women's rights.

United States--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]

Summary:

In Her Own Name explores the origins and consequences of laws expanding married women's property rights, focusing on the people and institutions that shaped them.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Life Under Coverture and How It Changed

2. Married Women's Rights Reforms in American Political Development

3. Social Movements and State Power: Reform in State Legislatures

4. Constitutional Conventions as Key Reform Moments

5. Decentralized Reform and Policy Diffusion

6. Courts as Collaborators and Catalysts

Conclusion

Methods Appendix

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Chatfield, Sara In Her Own Name

ISBN:

0-231-55323-4

OCLC:

1374426017