By law and by custom women's individual identities have been subsumed by those of their husbands. For centuries women were not allowed to own real estate in their own name, sign a deed, devise a will, or enter into contracts, and even their citizenship and their position as head of household have been in doubt. Finding women in traditional genealogical record sources, therefore, presents the ...
Manufacturer: Genealogical Publishing CompanyWritten By: Christina Schaefer; Christina Kassabian Schaefer, Christina Kassabian Schaefer