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02400aam a22003978i 4500 001 A4C7F64A81CC11E4B6114A83DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141212010106 008 140703s2015 nbu b s000 1 eng 010 $a 2014015253 020 $a 0803238142 020 $a 9780803238145 035 $a (OCoLC)877370269 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d CDX $d JIW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS1517 $b .L3 2015 082 00 $a 813/.4 $2 23 084 $a SOC028000 $a HIS036040 $a SOC028000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Davis, Rebecca Harding, $d 1831-1910, $e author. 245 12 $a A law unto herself / $c Rebecca Harding Davis ; edited and with an introduction by Alicia Mischa Renfroe. 263 $a 1501 264 1 $a Lincoln : $b University of Nebraska Press, $c 2015. 300 $a pages cm. 490 0 $a Legacies of nineteenth-century American women writers 520 $a "A scathing critique of the legal status of women and their property rights in nineteenth-century America, Rebecca Harding Davis's 1878 novel A Law Unto Herself chronicles the experiences of Jane Swendon, a seemingly naive and conventional nineteenth-century protagonist struggling to care for her elderly father with limited financial resources. In order to continue care, Jane seeks to secure her rightful inheritance despite the efforts of her cousin and later her husband, a greedy man who has tricked her father into securing her hand in marriage. Appealing to middle-class literary tastes of the age, A Law Unto Herself elucidated for a broad general audience the need for legal reforms regarding divorce, mental illness, inheritance, and reforms to the Married Women's Property Laws. Through three fascinating female characters, the novel also invites readers to consider evolving gender roles during a time of cultural change"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 650 0 $a Women $x Legal status, laws, etc. $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women $z United States $x History $y 19th century $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Law reform $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Gender identity $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Renfroe, Alicia Mischa, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180201033724.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A4C7F64A81CC11E4B6114A83DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search