The Woman Citizen's Library Vol. 8: Woman and the Law

12mo, [1864-2106pp]. Very Good with inner hinges starting; flexible leather covers with disintegration/red rot at the extremities typical of roan or skiver, additional scuffing on the rear wrap. Photographic plates printed in duotone to novel effect. Volume 8 of a 12-volume series edited by Shailer Mathews, "a systematic course of reading in Preparation for the larger citizenship." The series emphasized women's civic rights and responsibilities in the immediate pre-suffrage era. This volume especially addresses laws relating to labor, personal rights and property, giving a state-by-state breakdown that provides stark contrasts--the age of consent ranging from ten (Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi) to twenty-one years (Tennessee); penalties for rape could range from a fine (North Carolina) to death by hanging (South Carolina). Contents include: "The American Constitutional System" by W. W. Willoughby, "The Legal Rights and Duties of Women" by Jennie L. Wilson, "Laws Affecting Woman's Work" by Irene Osgood Andrews, "The No-Vote-No-Tax Movement" by Belle Squire, and "How to Assist Legislation" by Harriet G. R. Wright.