Married women's property laws and female commercial activity: Evidence from United States patent records, 1790-1895

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 356-388

  Zorina Khan, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HISTORICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMEN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PATENT RECORD; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL HISTORY; WOMEN'S ROLE;

USA;

EID: 0030498196     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s002205070001648x     Document Type: Article

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