Subjects: “…Infanticide Ireland History 19th century.…”
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Subjects: “…Infanticide Law and legislation United States History 19th century.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Narrative advocacy, outlaw texts, and nineteenth-century Portias -- A novel approach to feminist jurisprudence: narrating the gothic reality of coverture -- Legislative histories and literary herstories: infanticide, bastardy, and the "lewd woman" -- Birth control on trial: law, literature, and libel -- Sitting in judgment: a cross-examination of women, law, and empire -- Appealing women: late-century publication of private wrongs -- Afterword.…”

Table of Contents: “…Routh -- Tender tyranny: the 1839 Custody of Infants Act and custodial incarceration in Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall -- Civilization and confession in midcentury representations of infanticide and in Adam Bede -- Conclusion: from pulpy infants to a nation of good animals.…”

Table of Contents: “…: Married women's property, the sexual double standard, and the Divorce Act of 1857 -- Equal rights and spousal friendship: The Married Women's Property Act of 1870 -- The unity of the moral law: Prostitution, infanticide, and employment -- An ambiguous victory: The Married Women's Property Act of 1882 -- Parliament's rejection of parental equality: The Infant Custody Act of 1886 -- A husband's right to his wife's body: Wife abuse, the restitution of conjugal rights, and marital rape -- The search for spousal equality: A legacy for feminists.…”
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