Early English women novelists testify to the law's manifest cruelties against women before the marriage act of 1753

Women's Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 583-618

  Duff, Virginia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84937343012     PISSN: 00497878     EISSN: 15477045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00497878.2000.9979335     Document Type: Article

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