Petticoats and Prejudice by Constance Backhouse

Petticoats and Prejudice by Constance Backhouse

Euphemia Rabbitt, who courageously resisted a vicious rape attempt, and Clara Brett Martin, the first woman admitted to the bar in the British Empire, were widely admired in their own time. But Ellen Rogers, a prostitute who believed that all women should be protected by law from sexual assault and was viciously maligned for her ideas, and Nellie Armstrong, whose attempt to wrest her young children from her estranged and violent husband went down to defeat, were independently minded women hidden, until now, from historical records. Each of these women's stories lends a new meaning and dimension to the word heroism. Petticoats and Prejudice explores the legal status of women in nineteenth-century Canada by examining the cases of these and other individual women who were swept up into the legal process as litigants, accused criminals, or witnesses. This book was co-published with The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

Constance Backhouse is Distinguished Professor and Research Chair in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa and co-founder of the Feminist History Society.

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ISBN 13	9780889611610
ISBN 10	0889611610
Titel	Petticoats and Prejudice
Autor	Constance Backhouse
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Women's Press of Canada
Erscheinungsjahr	1991-05-30
Seitenanzahl	482
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.