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The Three Waves Of Married Women's Property Acts In The Nineteenth Century With A Focus On Mississippi, New York And Oregon, Joseph A. Custer
The Three Waves Of Married Women's Property Acts In The Nineteenth Century With A Focus On Mississippi, New York And Oregon, Joseph A. Custer
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This paper concentrates on three states that enacted married women's property acts during the nineteenth century: Mississippi, New York, and Oregon. Each state, starting with Mississippi, enacted acts that reflect a different wave. While Chused's indexing and classification schema have been groundbreaking and extremely helpful in providing order and a basic understanding of what types of married women's property acts were passed and when in the nineteenth century, in my opinion he did not clearly provide any underlying explanation or "why" for the passage of the acts.
This is not taking anything away from Chusad's substantial contribution, but does present …