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Hampshire, England: Waterside Pres, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gift inscription inside signed 'John', probably the author.
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Until They Are Seven: The Origins of Women's Legal Rights Paperback - 1998
by John Wroath; Wroath
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- Title Until They Are Seven: The Origins of Women's Legal Rights
- Author John Wroath; Wroath
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 140
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Waterside Press
- Date 1998-01
- ISBN 9781872870571 / 1872870570
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99205216
- Dewey Decimal Code 346.410
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Winchester, Hampshire: Waterside Press, 1998. VG+. First edition, first printing. Paperback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on half-title page. Signing reads, 'With best wishes/John Wroath/June 1999'. 142pp. 'In law a husband and wife are one: and that is the husband'. This was the law until well into the nineteenth century. This book is based on research into the the historical background to the modern day law concerning children. The result is an absorbing account of the origins of women's rights to their children and property in which the author recalls the brave efforts of Henrietta Greenhill and Caroline Norton which led to the Infant Custody Act 1839 and Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 - the rest being history. The story is fascinating for its connection with notable people of the time - included among them the prime minister Lord Melbourne, the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the author Mary Shelley. With List of Cases and Index. Spotting to top-edge and…
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