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- Title
The Campaign for Women's Property Rights: Sarah Banks's Story.
- Authors
COLLIER, CHRISTOPHER
- Abstract
The article tells the story of Sarah Bank, a Fairfield, Connecticut woman who spent months in a county jail for contesting the state's coverture policies in mid 19th-century. Topics covered include a background on Bank's family and state of living, an overview of the statutory qualifications of coverture and the reason statutory reform, particularly in Connecticut, was slow in coming.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MARITAL property; BANKS, Sarah; PROPERTY rights; SEPARATE property; SPOUSES' legal relationship; CIVIL disobedience
- Publication
American Journal of Legal History, 2014, Vol 54, Issue 3, p378
- ISSN
0002-9319
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ajlh/54.3.378