The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

A Husband's Liabilities for the Support of His Wife [New York Tribune]

Swisshelm, Jane G. "A Husband's Liabilities for the Support of His Wife [New York Tribune]." New-York Saturday Press, May 12, 1860, 4.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
editorial
Abstract

Jane Swisshelm's letter to the editor is a women's rights argument about women's economic powerlessness. She frames her letter with a report of a legal battle regarding her husband's lack of financial support and his attempt, once she leaves him, to be refunded by merchants for the things he bought her.