Information about Married Women's Property Act 1882
Traditionally, a husband and wife were 'one person in law'. As a result, according to Blackstone, 'the very being or legal existence of [a married] woman [was] suspended during the marriage, or at least [was] incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing' (see Coverture).
This position was changed by the Married Women's Property Act 1882 and subsequent legislation in Britain. That Act ensured that married women had the same rights to buy, sell, and own property as unmarried women did.
The Act was a rallying point for many first-wave feminists in the late nineteenth century. The Act was only passed after years of intense political lobbying by dedicated women. In particular, Ursula Mellor Bright (1835-1915) has been credited with leading the movement for the Act, dedicating ten years of her life to it. She was an executive member of Married Women's Property Committee (1868-82) and served as the Committee's treasurer (1874-82). The passing of the law meant that women were legally recognized as individuals in their own right for the first time in history. This Act mainly benefited wealthier women who were given property or, more rarely, had the chance to own property.
Her father was Liverpool merchant Joseph Mellor; her mother was a daughter of John Pennington of Hindley, Lancashire.
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This position was changed by the Married Women's Property Act 1882 and subsequent legislation in Britain. That Act ensured that married women had the same rights to buy, sell, and own property as unmarried women did.
The Act was a rallying point for many first-wave feminists in the late nineteenth century. The Act was only passed after years of intense political lobbying by dedicated women. In particular, Ursula Mellor Bright (1835-1915) has been credited with leading the movement for the Act, dedicating ten years of her life to it. She was an executive member of Married Women's Property Committee (1868-82) and served as the Committee's treasurer (1874-82). The passing of the law meant that women were legally recognized as individuals in their own right for the first time in history. This Act mainly benefited wealthier women who were given property or, more rarely, had the chance to own property.
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References
- Property Rights of Women (http://www.umd.umich.edu/casl/hum/eng/classes/434/geweb/PROPERTY.htm)
- Elizabeth Crawford, ‘Bright, Ursula Mellor (1835–1915)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 Feb 2007
A wife is a female participant in a marriage.
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Origin and etymology
The term originated from the Middle English wif, from Old English wīf, woman, wife, from Germanic * wībam, woman, related to Modern German Weib..... Click the link for more information.
Sir William Blackstone (originally pronounced Blexstun) (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist and professor who produced the historical and analytic treatise on the common law called Commentaries on the Laws of England
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Coverture is the legal concept that a woman's legal rights were merged with those of her husband, part of the common law of England and the United States throughout most of the 1800s.
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Biography
Ursula Mellor Bright, suffrage campaigner, was born on 5 July 1835.Her father was Liverpool merchant Joseph Mellor; her mother was a daughter of John Pennington of Hindley, Lancashire.
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Property law
Part of the common law series
Acquisition of property
Gift · Adverse possession · Deed
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property
Alienation · Bailment · License
Estates in land
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Part of the common law series
Acquisition of property
Gift · Adverse possession · Deed
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property
Alienation · Bailment · License
Estates in land
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Coverture is the legal concept that a woman's legal rights were merged with those of her husband, part of the common law of England and the United States throughout most of the 1800s.
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The Married Women's Property Act 1870 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that allowed women to legally be the rightful owners of the money they earned and to inherit property.
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Paraphernalia is a term of art from older law. Paraphernalia was the separate property of a married woman, such as clothing and jewelry "appropriate to her station", but excluding the assets that may have been included in her dower.
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