The Hardships of the English Laws in Relation to Wives by Sarah Chapone

by Susan Paterson Glover

Book Overview

Susan Paterson Glover here presents, in modern type, a critical edition of the first printed work by an English woman writer, Sarah Chapone, on the inequity of the common law regime for married women. Glover's extended, original introduction provides an account of Chapone's life; a discussion of the influence of Mary Astell's work on Chapone's thought and work; and a review of the legal status of women in England's eighteenth century, with particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367593009
• ISBN13: 9780367593001
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"