Excerpt from The Laws Respecting Women, as They Regard Their Natural Rights, or Their Connections and Conduct: In Which Their Interests and Duties as Daughters, Wards, Heiresses, Spinsters, Sisters, Wives, Widows, Mothers, Legatees, Executrixes, &C. Are Ascertained and Enumerated; Also, the Obligations of Parent and Child, and the Condition of Minors Concubines were ufually without. And in England it ferms to have been an ancient cullom for the humand to pay a portion to the father or relations of the woman, on rez ceiving her from them at the church porch 1. 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.

First published in 1777, The Laws Respecting Women as they Regard their Natural Rights is an extraordinary piece of writing reflecting the changing attitudes toward the rights of women. The Countess of Bristol, who was herself a victim of the law's unfairness toward women, uses case studies to illustrate how these laws detrimentally impacted marriages, families, and society as a whole. Her work was celebrated for its clear and accessible prose and laid a foundation for the feminist movement in England. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.