| When did women get the right to own property? | | | | their consent first before selling her belongings. This |
| Many years ago women's rights in owning anything | | | | means that the wife should sign the papers for selling |
| was very limited. It took a ling time before an official | | | | the property before anyone can sell it. This is one of |
| decree was declared in the United States for | | | | the most vital laws that was passed for the |
| women's rights to ownership. People who settled in | | | | women's right to own properties. |
| America followed the rules in England. One of the | | | | 4. The fourth answer to the question when did |
| laws in England was the right of the fathers to own | | | | women get the right to own property is in 1809 |
| any property that the daughter owns. When a | | | | when a law in Connecticut was submitted. It stated |
| woman gets married the ownership of her properties | | | | that women are allow to make wills. After a few |
| would go the husband. This law is not just exclusive | | | | years the prenuptial agreement was made legal. The |
| to England alone. Spain and France were two of the | | | | laws helped the women to have another person |
| countries that also practiced that law. | | | | overseeing the properties. Then in 1839 another |
| 1. The first answer to the question when did women | | | | decree was submitted in Mississippi allowing women |
| get the right to own property is in the seventeenth | | | | to have power over their maids or workers. |
| century when the people who migrated to America | | | | 5. The fifth answer to the question when did women |
| started giving women some privileges. | | | | get the right to own property is in 1848 when |
| 2. The second answer to the question when did | | | | another decree was made. It was a winning moment |
| women get the right to own property is in 1674 | | | | for the people who passed it. The group was |
| when the first law regarding the right of women to | | | | composed of Elizabeth Stanton, Ernestine Rose and |
| her property was submitted in Maryland. The law | | | | Paulina Dave. The decree was considered as the |
| stated that before a father or a husband sell the | | | | most important law for the women. It was named as |
| property owned by the woman, a judge should | | | | the Married Women's Property Act. It declared that |
| interview her first. The judge will ask the woman if | | | | when a woman marries; she will not lose any |
| selling the property is agreeable to her. | | | | belongings. All of her properties would remain hers |
| 3. The third answer to the question when did women | | | | and only she can sell it. This law first took effect in |
| get the right to own property is in 1771 when a law | | | | New York then other states in America soon |
| named the Act to Confirm was submitted for | | | | followed it. |
| approval. This law states that women should give | | | | |