11. I have often wondered : why was England to only nation in Europe, were unmarried women were not under coverture ? 12. In that same year, Thomas became a coeditor of a national woman's magazine called the " femme coverture . 13. If a wife was permitted to work, under the laws of coverture she was required to relinquish her wages to her husband. 14. In 1869, coverture was criticized when Myra Bradwell was refused permission to practice as a lawyer in Illinois specifically because of coverture. 15. In 1869, coverture was criticized when Myra Bradwell was refused permission to practice as a lawyer in Illinois specifically because of coverture . 16. Canaday continued, " women's legal subordination through marriage . . . was maintained in fact across [ coverture ] ". 17. The end of coverture certainly ranks along with suffrage as the sine qua non of public recognition of women s autonomy and personhood . 18. If a wife was permitted to work, under the laws of coverture , she was required to relinquish her wages to her husband. 19. The two foremost questions was to abolish coverture for unmarried women, and for the state to provide women an equivalent to a university. 20. Under coverture , a woman had no legal identity when married and everything she did was under a woman s father or husband s authority.
