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Women Before the Bar: Gender, Law, and Society in Connecticut, 1639-1789 - Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Cornelia Hughes Dayton 3 Revised edition
Women Before the Bar: Gender, Law, and Society in Connecticut, 1639-1789 - Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Cornelia Hughes Dayton
This study investigates changing patterns of women's participation in early American courts across a broad range of legal actions - including proceedings related to debt, divorce, illicit sex, rape and slander. It argues that women had more opportunity to be heard during the Puritan era.
400 pages, 6 illustrations, 18 tables, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 11, 1995 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807845615 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 400 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 26 mm · 653 g |
| Language | English |