English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century (Classic Reprint)
Title | English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century (Classic Reprint) PDF eBook |
Author | Caroline Sheridan Norton |
Publisher | Forgotten Books |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2018-01-25 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780483934214 |
Excerpt from English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century Now it is certainly possible, that in like manner the Law reforms so confidently promised for this session, may be set aside; and some future writer of Chancellors' Lives, may ex press his regret, that in the Session of 1854 little was thought of except the taking of sebastopol. But, if another half century should glide away without re form in our Ecclesiastical and other Courts (as more than half a century elapsed, between the motion of Ex - Chancellor Hard wicke and the amendment of the Habeas Corpus Act) shall we set it all down to the overwhelming interest taken in Quebec and Sebastopol? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century
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English author Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808-1877) wrote a pamphlet entitled "English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century," in the hopes of causing English laws regarding women to be amended. Mary Mark Ockerbloom provides the full text of this pamphlet, as part of the Celebration of Women Writers project.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century
Title | Woman in the Nineteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Fuller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 1845 |
Genre | Social history |
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Lectures on the Relation Between Law & Public Opinion in England During the Nineteenth Century
Title | Lectures on the Relation Between Law & Public Opinion in England During the Nineteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Venn Dicey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Great Britain |
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Black Women in Nineteenth-Century American Life
Title | Black Women in Nineteenth-Century American Life PDF eBook |
Author | Bert James Loewenberg |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0271038241 |
Petticoats and Prejudice - Women's Press Classics
Title | Petticoats and Prejudice - Women's Press Classics PDF eBook |
Author | Constance Backhouse |
Publisher | Canadian Scholars’ Press |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 2015-02-01 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0889615225 |
Drawing on historical records of women’s varying experiences as litigants, accused criminals, or witnesses, this book offers critical insight into women’s legal status in nineteenth-century Canada. In an effort to recover the social and political conditions under which women lobbied, rebelled, and in some cases influenced change, Petticoats and Prejudice weaves together forgotten stories of achievement and defeat in the Canadian legal system. Expanding the concept of “heroism” beyond its traditional limitations, this text gives life to some of Canada’s lost heroines. Euphemia Rabbitt, who resisted an attempted rape, and Clara Brett Martin, who valiantly secured entry into the all-male legal profession, were admired by their contemporaries for their successful pursuits of justice. But Ellen Rogers, a prostitute who believed all women should be legally protected against sexual assault, and Nellie Armstrong, a battered wife and mother who sought child custody, were ostracized for their ideas and demands. Well aware of the limitations placed upon women advocating for reform in a patriarchal legal system, Constance Backhouse recreates vivid and textured snapshots of these and other women’s courageous struggles against gender discrimination and oppression. Employing social history to illuminate the reproductive, sexual, racial, and occupational inequalities that continue to shape women’s encounters with the law, Petticoats and Prejudice is an essential entry point into the gendered treatment of feminized bodies in Canadian legal institutions. This book was co-published with The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
Activist Sentiments
Title | Activist Sentiments PDF eBook |
Author | Pier Gabrielle Foreman |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0252076648 |
Examining how nineteenth-century Black women writers engaged radical reform, sentiment and their various readerships