When was it published?

February 20, 1846 in The Liberator

Domestic News February 20, 1846

The Liberator

Q: What keywords are associated?

Married Women Rights, Wisconsin Legislature, Property Exemption, Dower Protection

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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What is this article about?

Wisconsin Legislature passes bill protecting married women's rights to own real estate independently, exempt from husbands' debts, with management by husband; inheritance rules specified upon deaths.

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RIGHTS OF MARRIED WOMEN.—A bill has passed the Wisconsin Legislature to protect the rights of married women; it provides that they may become possessed of real estate by descent, bequest, demise, gift, purchase, or distribution, and also hold in their own right real estate which they may have possessed before coverture, and be exempt from their husband's debts. The dower of the wife in the real estate of which the husband dies seized is likewise exempted from liability on account of the husband's debts, control and the management of the wife's estate is in the husband as heretofore. In case of the wife's death, such property descends to the joint issue, and if there be none, then to her husband and his heirs.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics

What keywords are associated?

Married Women Rights Wisconsin Legislature Property Exemption Dower Protection

Where did it happen?

Wisconsin

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Wisconsin

Outcome

bill passed providing protections for married women's property rights, exempting it from husband's debts, with management remaining with husband; upon wife's death, property descends to joint issue or husband and heirs.

Event Details

A bill has passed the Wisconsin Legislature to protect the rights of married women, allowing them to possess real estate by descent, bequest, demise, gift, purchase, or distribution, hold pre-coverture real estate in their own right exempt from husband's debts; wife's dower in husband's real estate upon his death exempted from his debts; control and management of wife's estate remains with husband; upon wife's death, property to joint issue or husband and heirs.