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The road to Reno: A history of divorce in the United States (Greenwood Press, 1977) Chused, Richard H. Private acts in public places: A social history of divorce in the formative era of American family law (U of Pennsylvania Press, 1994) Griswold, Robert L. "The Evolution of the Doctrine of Mental Cruelty in Victorian American Divorce, 1790-1900."
Bernice Dona Berry Beckham: [1] First female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [32] Elizabeth Kerr: [36] First female to serve as a judge in Edmond, Oklahoma [Oklahoma County, Oklahoma] Susie Pritchett: [21] [22] First female lawyer hired by Oklahoma County's Public Defender's Office
Oregon: Married women are given the right to own and manage property in their own name during the incapacity of their spouse. [4] 1859. Kansas: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] 1860. New York's Married Women's Property Act of 1860 passes. [18] Married women are granted the right to control their own ...
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. [10]
Oklahoma: 9.3. These numbers show a higher divorce rate in South and Central states. ... Since 1970, the median age of a first-time divorce has increased from 30.5 to 42.6 for men and 22.7 to 40.1 ...
[12] They also argue that their research proves that there is no permanent effect of no-fault divorce laws on divorce rates. [ 11 ] Stephanie Coontz , a professor of history at Evergreen State College , states that "in the years since no-fault divorce became well-nigh universal, the national divorce rate has fallen, from about 23 divorces per ...
It's one of the largest divorce settlements in history. A judge has ordered Oklahoma oil tycoon Harold Hamm to pay his ex-wife Sue Ann Hamm $995.5 million. NBC explained how the massive settlement ...
South Africa: The Women's Enfranchisement Act, 1930, was an act of the Parliament of South Africa which granted white women aged 21 and older the right to run for office. 1931 United States, Michigan: A 1931 law criminalized abortion in Michigan except when the mother's life was in danger.