In Her Own Name by Sara Chatfield
In Her Own Name explores the origins and consequences of laws expanding married women's property rights, focusing on the people and institutions that shaped them.
Sara Chatfield has brought to American women’s history a unique theoretical and empirical vantage pointHer innovative analysis of emulation and diffusion in constitutional reform sets a new standard in American political development and the politics of gender. -- Daniel Carpenter, author of Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870
Chatfield’s In Her Own Name insightfully explains the process by which rights law can expand and contract based on state interests and illuminates and deepens our understanding of the development of women’s rights. In Her Own Name is important and welcome work. -- Priscilla Yamin, author of American Marriage: A Political Institution
Chatfield tells a fascinating story about the trajectory of married women’s property reform. In doing so, she also contributes to a growing body of political science literature about the importance of understanding state-level political development. -- Julie Novkov, author of American by Birth: Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship
In Her Own Name is a compelling investigation of the development of married women's economic citizenship. Chatfield shows how male policy makers used property reform for married women to pursue an array of goals, including land conquest, slavery, temperance, and family needs—and how state-level institutions structured these pursuits. -- Jake Grumbach, author of Laboratories against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State Politics
Chatfield’s In Her Own Name insightfully explains the process by which rights law can expand and contract based on state interests and illuminates and deepens our understanding of the development of women’s rights. In Her Own Name is important and welcome work. -- Priscilla Yamin, author of American Marriage: A Political Institution
Chatfield tells a fascinating story about the trajectory of married women’s property reform. In doing so, she also contributes to a growing body of political science literature about the importance of understanding state-level political development. -- Julie Novkov, author of American by Birth: Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship
In Her Own Name is a compelling investigation of the development of married women's economic citizenship. Chatfield shows how male policy makers used property reform for married women to pursue an array of goals, including land conquest, slavery, temperance, and family needs—and how state-level institutions structured these pursuits. -- Jake Grumbach, author of Laboratories against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State Politics
Sara Chatfield is assistant professor of political science at the University of Denver.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780231199674 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231199678 |
| Title | In Her Own Name |
| Author | Sara Chatfield |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2023-05-30 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Joint winner of V.O. Key Award, Southern Political Science Association 2024 |
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