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In 1842, New Hampshire allowed married women to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their husband, and Kentucky did the same in 1843. In 1844 Maine extended married women property rights by granting them separate economy and then trade licenses. Massachusetts also granted married women separate economy in 1844.
1821. Maine: Married women were given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1827. Illinois: A law prohibits the sale of drugs that could induce abortions, [6] classifying those medications as "poison". [7]
France: Divorce is abolished for women in 1804. France: Equal inheritance rights for women were abolished in 1804. [4] 1810. France: Until 1994, France kept in the French Penal Code the article from 1810 that exonerated a rapist in the event of a marriage to their victim.
By 1900, married women were allowed to own property in their own name in virtually the entire country. In the U.S., 1974 is often cited as the year of women’s mortgage liberation.
Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying white males (about 6% of the population). However, New Jersey also gave the vote to unmarried and widowed women who met the property qualifications, regardless of color. Married women were not allowed to own property and hence could not vote.
Women in the California Gold Rush. Women in the California Gold Rush, which began in Northern California in 1848, initially included Spanish descendants, or Californios, who already lived in California, Native American women, and rapidly arriving immigrant women from all over the world. At first, the numbers of immigrant women were scarce, but ...
Women's property rights. Women's property rights are property and inheritance rights enjoyed by women as a category within a society. Property rights are claims to property that are legally and socially recognized and enforceable by external legitimized authority. [1] Broadly defined, land rights can be understood as a variety of legitimate ...
Spain: Law 31/1972 changed the law in respect to articles 320 and 321. It reduced the age of majority to 21 in all cases for women, and allowed women to act as an adult in civil life. This meant both men and women reached majority when they were 21. Spain: The law changed in 1972 to give women more freedom from their fathers.