Assertion: wife | /r/CapableOf | become for first time
Facets:
value: since the middle ages
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the 20th century, the role of the wife in Western marriage changed in two major ways; the first was the breakthrough from an "institution to companionate marriage"; for the first time since the Middle Ages, wives became distinct legal entities, and were allowed their own property and allowed to sue.