What was the practice called that put a women's legal status under control of her husband? A suffrage

B coverture

C abolition

D temperance

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25 January, 21:03

What was the practice called that put a women's legal status under control of her husband? A suffrage

B coverture

C abolition

D temperance

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Micaela Dudley · Answer 1

B

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Coverture was a legal doctrine whereby, upon marriage, a woman's legal rights and obligations were subsumed by those of her husband, in accordance with the wife's legal status of feme covert.

What was the practice called that put a women's legal status under control of her husband? A suffrageB covertureC abolitionD temperance

What was the practice called that put a women's legal status under control of her husband? A suffrage

B coverture

C abolition

D temperance