Marriage and the Civic Rights of Women.
Chicago’s “Fighting” Feminist: Sophonisba Breckinridge
Breckinridge, Sophonisba. Marriage and the Civic Rights of Women. Separate Domicil and Independent Citizenship. Social Service Monographs, Number Thirteen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1931).
8vo.; navy cloth, upper panel and spine stamped in gilt; one tip repaired.
First edition of one of Breckenridge’s many publications related to social justice and equality for women. Acknowledging that the “tendency of American law during recent years has been to eliminate the provisions which fail to recognize the dignity and individuality of women’s citizenship,” most notably the Cable acts, which “give to the American woman an independent citizenship not affected by marriage.” This volume addresses in particular “the peculiar problems of [foreign-born women in America] and emphasizes the importance of such education…and preparation as will permit these women to prepare themselves for citizenship” (foreword, Ruth Bryan Owen, House of Representatives, December 2, 1930). Breckinridge marshals judicial decisions and legal discussions to her service in three chapters on independence, the married woman, and the Cable Acts, and five chapters on the rights of foreign-born women. Her appendices include the First Cable Act of 1922, Citizenship and Naturalization of Married Women, the Second Cable Act of 1930, and the Conference on the Codification of International Law Held at The Hague in March-April 1930.
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