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A Comparison of the Status of Widows in Eighteenth-Century England and Colonial America.

Jones, Sarah E.University of North Texas2004

This thesis compares the status of upper-class widows in England to Colonial America. The common law traditions in England established dower, which was also used in the American colonies. Dower guaranteed widows the right to one-third of the land and property of her husband. Jointure was instituted …

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