Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
The Daily Dispatch
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
London correspondent reports Sir Erskine Perry will propose parliamentary inquiry into British law granting husbands exclusive control over wives' property and earnings, highlighting social hardships for both spouses due to marital inequalities.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
The London correspondent of the National Intelligencer says that when Parliament reassembles Sir Erskine Perry will bring forward the subject of the law which throws the property and earnings of the wife into the exclusive possession of the husband. He will ask for a committee of inquiry into the operation of the law; and it is very probable we are told, that he will obtain it. 'The social difficulty, says the correspondent, arising from the helplessness of the wife and the abuse of power by the husband, has become too serious to be thrust aside because it is perplexing and troublesome; and, on the other hand, the miseries of husbands, bound for life to unprincipled or silly women, for whose debts before and after marriage they are responsible, are such as to claim every effort for a substantial relief.
What sub-type of article is it?
What themes does it cover?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Where did it happen?
Story Details
Key Persons
Location
London
Story Details
Sir Erskine Perry will bring forward the subject of the law which throws the property and earnings of the wife into the exclusive possession of the husband, asking for a committee of inquiry into its operation. The social difficulty arising from the helplessness of the wife and the abuse of power by the husband has become serious, and the miseries of husbands bound for life to unprincipled or silly women, for whose debts they are responsible, claim relief.