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The Married Women's Property Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 93) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that allowed married women to be the legal owners of the money they earned and to inherit property.
The Married Women's Property Acts gave American married women new economic rights. Under coverture (an English common law system), married women could not own property, control their wages, enter into contracts, and otherwise act autonomously, to their husband's authority. They also did not have control over where their children lived and ...
United States, Kansas: Married Women's Property Act granted married women separate economy. [37] 1860. Norway: Women are allowed to teach in the rural elementary school system (in the city schools in 1869). [23] New Zealand: Married women allowed to own property (extended in 1870). [9]
The Married Women's Property Act was a model for similar legislation in other British territories. For example, Victoria passed legislation in 1884, New South Wales in 1889, and the remaining Australian colonies passed similar legislation between 1890 and 1897.
Archibald Brown. The Married Women's Property Acts, 1870, 1874, 1882 and 1884. Sixth Edition. Stevens and Haynes. London. 1891. Page 93. Charles Gregory Wade. The Married Women's Property Act, 1893. Hayes Brothers. Elizabeth Street, Sydney. 1894. Pages 279 and 280. John Fraser Macqueen and Wyatt Paine. The Rights and Liabilities of Husband and ...
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.
Married Women's Property Act 1870 (repealed) 33 & 34 Vict. c. 93. 9 August 1870. An Act to amend the law relating to the property of married women.
(The Center Square) – Doubling down against backlash and riding a wave of momentum in support, South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is seeking to protect women’s spaces on all ...