Sara Chatfield

In Her Own Name

The Politics of Women's Rights Before Suffrage

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Produktbeschreibung

In Her Own Name explores the origins and consequences of laws expanding married womenâ s property rights, focusing on the people and institutions that shaped them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 149mm x 322mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9780231199674
• ISBN-10: 0231199678
• Artikelnr.: 66754164

Autorenporträt

Sara Chatfield is assistant professor of political science at the University of Denver.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Life Under Coverture and How It Changed
2. Married Women's Rights Reforms in American Political Development
3. Social Movements and State Power: Reform in State Legislatures
4. Constitutional Conventions as Key Reform Moments
5. Decentralized Reform and Policy Diffusion
6. Courts as Collaborators and Catalysts
Conclusion
Methods Appendix
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index