The great catastrophe of my life : divorce in the Old Dominion /
"The state had no divorce code, and the courts lacked jurisdiction. ... Throughout the colonial period and at least until the Civil War, women and men, singly or in groups, sought relief of varied kinds and expressed their views on a host of subjects by petitioning their elected representatives...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Studies in legal history.
Women and the law. UNC Press law publications. |
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| Online Access: | HeinOnline UNC Press Law Publications HeinOnline Women and the Law |
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