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Author Shanley, Mary Lyndon, 1944-

Title Feminism, marriage, and the law in Victorian England / Mary Lyndon Shanley.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1993.
©1989

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  346.4201 S528F    Check Shelf
Description x, 213 pages ; 25 cm
Contents What kind of a contract is marriage?: Married women's property, the sexual double standard, and the Divorce Act of 1857 -- Equal rights and spousal friendship: The Married Women's Property Act of 1870 -- The unity of the moral law: Prostitution, infanticide, and employment -- An ambiguous victory: The Married Women's Property Act of 1882 -- Parliament's rejection of parental equality: The Infant Custody Act of 1886 -- A husband's right to his wife's body: Wife abuse, the restitution of conjugal rights, and marital rape -- The search for spousal equality: A legacy for feminists.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 197-206.
Subject Marriage law -- Great Britain -- History.
Marital property -- Great Britain -- History.
Feminism -- Great Britain -- History.
Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain -- History.
ISBN 0691024871 paper
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