HIS272H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Seneca Falls Convention, American Temperance Society
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The age of revivalism & reform (oct 30) Therefore, women had greater access to education. Legal status dependent on either father or husband. Marriage meant women obligated to obey husband. Any property, wages, income belongs to husband. Domestic and sexual services are husband"s to command. No legal rights to enter contract with their own name, couldn"t launch lawsuits, Treason or brothels were the only crimes they could be charged for, anything else is charged to the male. Men were in charge of making sure women obeyed laws. Women were allowed to get a divorce but it was difficult to access and women had to petition for it: divorce still fairly uncommon. Single adult women (widow or became a matron) could maintain property in their own right, but they are barred from. October 30, 2013 voting as are all women and barred form other sorts of privileges that males are allowed. Women"s role in household not considered work.
