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Mnenie [13.5K]
3 years ago
7

“Every wife in America was a feme covert- women covered by her husband in 1782,...... And if a women brought to her marriage, or

later acquired, personal property (which consisted of everything except real estate, be it cash or cattle), those possessions, along with the income generated by her real estate, went to her husband, to dispose of as he pleased” Page 273
what does this quote mean?
History
1 answer:
Bad White [126]3 years ago
8 0
A patriarch society. Possessions, estates, and cash women had attained/acquired before marriage would be passed on to her would-be husband, and said husband is free to dispose the woman's belongings as he pleased.
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