Women and the U.S. Constitution, 1776-1920
By: by Jean H. Baker.
Series: New essays in American constitutional history
Publisher: American Historical Association
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780872291638
Subjects: Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History; Women's rights -- United States -- History; Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History; Women -- United States -- Suffrage -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The common law of domestic relations; title: The Declaraion of Independence; title: The United States Constitution; title: Constitutional invisibility, 1791-1870; title: Constitutional possibilities : efforts to nationalize women's rights, 1866-1900; title: Claiming rights through the Nineteenth Amendment, 1900-20.