This image is displaying how woman's rights were drastically changed by the Married Woman's Property Laws. Showing how poorly they were treated before.
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Women owning property was very limited throughout the 1800's.When a woman married, everything she owned (including herself) became their husbands property. In roughly 1809 the US and Britain decided to pass laws called Married Woman's Property Laws. This let them have a say on the sale of their property. |