 | Wives & Property: Reform of the Married Women''s Property Law in Nineteenth-Century England Subjects: Married women -- England -- History -- 19th century; Women’s rights -- England -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain. Married Women’s Property Act (1882); To win reform of the married women's property law, feminism as an organized movement appeared in the 1850s, and the final success of the campaigns for reform in 1882 was one of the greatest achievements of the Victorian women's movement. Dr Holcombe explores the story of the reform campaign in the context of its time. Holcombe Lee : Lee Holcombe (1928-2002) was a distinguished professor emerita of history at the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg. |
