Year: 2006
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Cases Involving European American Women 1840-1912 6. Property Transfers in Doña Ana County that Included Women 1853-1909 vi On the other hand, in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, women like Jane Grey Swisshelm, an early newspaper owner who published her own paper, the Saturday Visiter [ sic], suffered bitterly under the restrictions of the English common law.Married into a family that actively worked against her, Jane Swisshelm endured a tormented relationship with James Swisshelm.He resented the time his wife spent nursing her own sick mother, and threatened to bill his mother-in-law's estate for his wife's nursing services, as was his legal right.In 1857, the two separated, and Jane
DOI: 10.11575/prism/552
Author: Archer, Carol
Language: English
Topic: Family and Matrimonial Law
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6903438160