Coverture

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Coverture Definition

The condition or state of a married woman. During coverture, the civil existence of the wife is, for many purposes, merged in that of her husband. See “Abatement;” “Parties.”

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The condition or state of a married woman. During coverture, the civil existence of the wife is, for many purposes, merged in that of her husband. See “Abatement;” “Parties.”

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    Marriage, Coverture, and the Companionate Ideal in the Coquette and Dorval, Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers; January 1, 2009; Weyler, Karen A.

    Now and Then: How Coverture Ideology Informs the Rhetoric of Abortion, Texas Journal of Women and the Law; October 1, 2012; Cheu, Maggie

    Georgia’s Married Women’s Property Act: An Effective Challenge to Coverture, Texas Journal of Women and the Law; October 1, 2005; Zayac, Sandra R. Zagier Zayac, Robert A., Jr.

    From Coverture to Supreme Court Justice: Women Lawyers and Judges in Oregon History, Oregon Historical Quarterly; September 22, 2012; Dilg, Janice

    coverture, Webster’s NewWorld Dictionary; January 1, 1988

    Battered women, petty traitors, and the legacy of coverture., Feminist Studies; June 22, 2003; Dolan, Frances E.

    Colorado reinforces the “time rule” formula for division of military pensions, Army Lawyer; August 1, 1998; Anonymous

    Women’s economies in North America before 1820: special forum introduction., Early American Studies; September 22, 2006; Matson, Cathy

    Mary Lyndon Shanley Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England, 1850-1895.(Book review), Nineteenth-Century Prose; June 22, 1991; Spring, Eileen

    Marriage and Law Reform: Lessons from the Nineteenth-Century Michigan Married Women’s Property Acts, Texas Journal of Women and the Law; October 1, 2010; Dannin, Ellen

    Fannie May Unveils FM Artisan by Norman Love., Entertainment Close-up; October 25, 2011

    South Asian Immigration in the United States: A Gendered Perspective, Asian American Policy Review; January 1, 2012; Kelkar, Maneesha

    Ann Romney’s Appeal to Women Ignores History of Inequality, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; September 1, 2012

    Fannie May Introduces FM Artisan by Norman Love., Food & Beverage Close-Up; October 24, 2011

    Women in 1900: Gateway to the Political Economy of the Twentieth Century..(Book Review), Journal of Social History; December 22, 2002; Anderson, Margo

    No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship.(Review), The Women’s Review of Books; November 1, 1999; Boris, Eileen

    The Measurement of Pension Benefits as Marital Assets: A Reply, Journal of Forensic Economics; March 22, 1997; Raymond, Richard

    “None Could Deny the Eloquence of This Lady”: Women, Law, and Government in California, 1850-1890, California History; January 1, 2003; Schuele, Donna C.

    Marriage, Wife-Beating, and the Law in Victorian England.(Brief Article), The Historian; June 22, 1994; Galgano, Michael J.

    English Aristocratic Women 1450-1550: Marriage and Family, Property and Careers.(Reviews)(Book Review), Renaissance Quarterly; March 22, 2004; Seguin, Colleen M.


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