Question

Explain how women's right's were impacted by getting married in many states in the 1800's.

Answer 1

Answer:

In the early nineteenth century, married women in the US were legally subordinate to their husbands. Wives could not own their own property, keep their own wages, or enter into contracts. Beginning in 1839, states slowly began to enact Married Women’s Property Acts to allow women more control over their property and finances