Women at law in early colonial Maryland
By: Monica C. Witkowski
Series: Law & society
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781593325138
Subjects: Women; Legal status, laws; History
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Marquette University, 2010) presented under title: "Justice Without Partiality": Women and the Law  in Colonial Maryland, 1648-1715.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "To preserve harmony among men" - and women? : colonial Maryland society, women, and the law; title: "They say I am a witch" : early Maryland and witchcraft; title: "Would you have me confess that I killed a man?" : violent crimes; title: "Nor a woman chaste" : sexual offenses; title: Maryland women and property; title: Conclusion : a "race of convicts"?