Title
The transition from Dutch to English law: its impact on women in New York, 1643 to 1727
Date of Award
1979
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Social Sciences
Advisor(s)
Stephen Saunders Webb
Keywords
Dutch law, English law, New York
Subject Categories
Education Policy | Policy History, Theory, and Methods | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Abstract
Much has been written within the past decade about the present lack of economic, political and social rights for American women. Many writers dealing with the topic trace this problem back to the common law in England which considered women minors--protected and directed by their husbands once they left the guardianship of their fathers...
Despite similarities of religion and culture between the Netherlands and England--Dutch Calvinism and English Puritanism alike degraded women--the legal treatment of Dutch women was more favorable than that of English women because of the Roman-Dutch law...
The three Dutch women this study focuses on demonstrate what able persons made of legal privilege in New Amsterdam and New York...
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Recommended Citation
Biemer, LInda Briggs, "The transition from Dutch to English law: its impact on women in New York, 1643 to 1727" (1979). Social Science - Dissertations. 159.
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