History of the United States (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Adams, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330481372 ISBN 13: 9781330481370

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

This book explores the history of women's rights, delving into evidence that challenges the commonly held belief that women's rights are a product of modern civilization. The author argues that women enjoyed a higher status and greater legal protections in ancient and medieval societies than is commonly recognized. The book traces the origins of marriage, divorce, and property rights for women, examining how these rights and roles have evolved over time. It also discusses the influence of religion, particularly Christianity, on the status of women and the role of the Church in both elevating and suppressing women's rights. The author concludes that the history of women's rights is a complex and evolving one, marked by both progress and setbacks. By examining the past, this book sheds new light on the present, challenging us to rethink our assumptions about women's roles in society and the origins of their rights.

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Excerpt from History of the United States

According to the generally accepted opinion of writers on Primitive Institutions, the original position of the married woman was one of slavery, or akin to slavery. By this phrase is meant not merely subjection to superior force, but to legalized force. In all ages, the weak were the victims of the strong, and were often treated with severity not essentially different from the treatment of slaves; but the exercise of force by the strong over the weak did not constitute slavery, even in the most barbarous societies. Unless the law declared men or women to be slaves, they were, in the view of the law, free, notwithstanding their inability to obtain redress.

The common view of marriage as a primitive institution implies in the man more than arbitrary superiority, such as he exercised over the child, which still remained free.

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330481372
• ISBN 13: 9781330481370
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 427
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