The Legal Status of Married Women: "This is Law, But Is This Justice?" Woman Suffrage Association, 1895.
First Edition
ERNST, George. The Legal Status Of Married Women in Massachusetts. Boston: Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, 1895. First Edition. Octavo, 5" x 7". Full sheepskin. 81 pages. George Ernst was a Massachusetts lawyer and progressive Republican who spoke at the 1895 Annual Meeting of the Woman's Suffrage Association. In this book he outlines the history of married women's legal rights and responsibilities from the Common Law through judicial decisions and legislative acts in Massachusetts and the United States to the early 1890s. Ernst focuses on the limits to inheritance for wives whose husbands predecease them but fail to make a will. In such a case, the maximum amount a wife could inherit would be 50% at most. He ends his book with the question, "This is law, but is this justice?" Covers detached, spine worn. Pages clean and textblock tight. Good condition.Item #17399
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