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Marriage bars were less strict during World War I because women were needed in the assistance of war efforts. [3] At the beginning of World War II, 87% of school boards would not hire married women and 70% would not retain a single woman who married. But in 1951, only 18% of the school boards had the "hire bar" and 10% had the "retain bar". [13 ...
Women in the Northern states were the principal advocates of enhancing women's property rights. Connecticut's law of 1809 allowing a married woman to write a will was a forerunner, though its impact on property and contracts was so slight that it is not counted as the first statute to address married women's property rights.
Georgia: Married women were given the right to own (but not control) property in their own name. [4] New York City: Susannah Lattin's death led to an investigation that resulted in the regulation of maternity clinics and adoptions in New York City. [22] [23] 1869. Minnesota: Married women were granted separate economy. [4]
Archivists say the revelation, under freedom of information laws, is "incredible" to people now.
Some women were known to be effective legal strategists. [47] Adultery was an illicit sex act determined entirely by the status of the woman. If a married woman had sex with any man besides her husband, she was guilty of adultery. However, if a married man had sex with a woman who was not or could not be legally married, there was no offense.
On 1 July 1921 the Act on the Change of Certain Provisions of the Civil Law Pertaining to Women's Rights was enacted by the Sejm, to address the most obvious inequalities for women who were married. The provisions of the Act allowed women to control their own property (except their dowry), to act as witnesses to legal documents, to act as ...
New Zealand: Married women allowed to own property (extended in 1870). [9] United States, New York: New York's Married Women's Property Act of 1860 passed. [58] Married women granted the right to control their own earnings. [28] United States, Maryland: Married women granted separate economy. [13]
Section 213 of the Economy Act of 1932 was controversial because it required the government to fire one member of each married couple working in government. [3] The original bill called for the dismissal of wives over husbands, however the text of the bill was changed before finalization due to “fear, on the part of legislators, of the political effect, if discrimination against women were ...