There was very little change in the lives and status of middle-class northern American women from 1776 to 1876. Although the development of legal and political positions was not good, the positions of work, education and knowing their role in society changed significantly. But the biggest impact on the change in status of women was the American Revolution and other movements for women’s rights.
In this hundred year period the women of northern America did not gain control over their lives. In the 1960’s Sir William Blackstone (Document A) tells about the English Common Law over the women in the colonies. The women under this law had no name of her own or property. Once she was married her husband made all the decisions and the wife had no
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