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The married women's property acts gave women the right to bring lawsuits in their own name, but courts were reluctant to extend that right to the marriage relationship. [1] Between 1860 and 1913, courts narrowly interpreted marriage property acts so as to not allow spouses to sue each other for tortious acts. [1]
California: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] Wisconsin: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] Oregon: Unmarried women are given the right to own land. [14] Tennessee: Tennessee becomes the first state in the United States to explicitly outlaw wife beating. [15] [16] 1852
For many women, access to land and property are essential to the production of food as well as sustainable livelihoods, but are dependent on natal and marital affiliations. In many countries, women can lose rights to land when there is a change in marital status, including marriage, divorce, or even death of a spouse. [19]
United Kingdom: Married Women's Property Act 1893 grants married women control of property acquired during marriage. United States: In 1893, the South Carolina General Assembly "mandated that women should be allowed to attend [ South Carolina College ] as special students".
DuBois wrote that coverture, because of property restrictions with the vote, "played a major role in" influencing the effort to secure women's right to vote in the U.S., [31] because one view was that the right should be limited to women who owned property when coverture excluded most women (relatively few were unmarried or widowed), [32] while ...
For example, Jen just turned 39 and, after a decade of marriage, her husband Ben decided to file for divorce. They don’t have any children, but she used up her savings for a down payment on a ...
The question of property is complicated though, and can be dependent on whether you live in a community property state or an equitable distribution state — each dividing marital assets differently.
International: The first United Nations Human Rights Council resolution against child, early, and forced marriages was adopted; the resolution recognizes child, early, and forced marriage as involving violations of human rights which "prevents individuals from living their lives free from all forms of violence and that has adverse consequences ...