E-book
In tender consideration : women, families, and the law in Abraham Lincoln's Illinois
Record details
- ISBN: 9780252073397
- ISBN: 9780252027024
- ISBN: 0252073398
- ISBN: 0252027027
- ISBN: 9780252056345
- ISBN: 0252056345
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) : illustrations.
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Computer data. - Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, �2002.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:may.24 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Michael Grossberg -- Introduction / Daniel W. Stowell -- Femes UnCovert: women's encounters with the law / Daniel W. Stowell -- For the well-being of the child: the law and childhood / Dennis E. Suttles -- Dissolving the bonds of matrimony: women and divorce in Sangamon County, Illinois, 1837-60 / Stacy Pratt McDermott -- Inheriting the earth: the law of succession / John A. Lupton -- Wives, widows, and will makers: women and the law of property / Christopher A. Schnell -- The law in an Illinois corner: the impact of the law on an Antebellum family / Stacy Pratt McDermott -- Infamous outrage and prompt retribution: the case of People v. Delny / Susan Krause -- Her day in court: the legal odyssey of Clarissa Wren / Daniel W. Stowell. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Lincoln, Abraham Women -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Illinois -- History Familienrecht HISTORY / General Women -- Legal status, laws, etc Illinois Illinois JSTOR-DDA Multi-User. |
| Genre: | History. |
