Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England, 1850-1895
Princeton University Press eBooksPublished 21 July 2020
Mary Lyndon Shanley
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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 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. Epilogue: the search for spousal equality - a legacy for feminists.
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