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Coverture encompassed what legal historian Ariela Dubler has called a stunning array of status-defining legal restrictions that prevented wives from keeping their own wages, entering contracts or bringing legal action.10 In its strictly economic aspect the traditional marriage contract resembled an indenture between master and servant,

Rebecca Traister

Coverture encompassed what legal historian Ariela Dubler has called a stunning array of status-defining legal restrictions that prevented wives from keeping their own wages, entering contracts or bringing legal action.10 In its strictly economic aspect the traditional marriage contract resembled an indenture between master and servant,

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