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Book/Printed Material Legal status of women in Iowa

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[ National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection copy ]

About this Item

Title

  • Legal status of women in Iowa

Summary

  • Jennie Wilson was a member of the bar in Polk County, Iowa. In this book, she summarizes the legal status of women in such areas as marriage, divorce, property rights, apprenticeships of children, estates and wills, and rape.

Names

  • Wilson, Jennie L. (Jennie Lansley), 1847-
  • Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947, former owner
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Des Moines : Iowa Printing Company, 1894.

Headings

  • -  Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Iowa

Medium

  • 83 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KFI4291.W6 W5
  • JK1881 .N357 sec. IX, no. 5 Another copy. Bookplate inside front cover: library, Carrie Chapman Catt. Gift of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Nov. 1, 1938.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 16012646

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Wilson, Jennie L, Carrie Chapman Catt, and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. Legal status of women in Iowa. Des Moines: Iowa Printing Company, 1894. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/16012646/.

APA citation style:

Wilson, J. L., Catt, C. C. & National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. (1894) Legal status of women in Iowa. Des Moines: Iowa Printing Company. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/16012646/.

MLA citation style:

Wilson, Jennie L, Carrie Chapman Catt, and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. Legal status of women in Iowa. Des Moines: Iowa Printing Company, 1894. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/16012646/>.