Women's personal lives 1860-1901
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- Women's personal lives 1860-1901
- Unit 2
- 1839 - Custody of Children's Act
- Gave mothers custody of their children under seven if the Lord Chancellor agreed
- 1857 - Matrimonial Causes Act
- Allowed divorce to happen through Law courts instead of through Parliament
- For a man to divorce his wife : prove her adultery
- For a woman to divorce her husband : prove adultery, bigamy, ****, ******, **********, cruelty or long-term desertion
- 1864, 1866 & 1869 - Contagious Diseases Acts
- Allowed police to arrest prostitutes and force an internal examination on them
- A means of maintaining military efficeincy
- 1870 - First Married Women's Property Act
- Allowed women to keep up to £200 in earnings and personal property
- 1883 - Contagious Diseases Act suspended
- 1885 - Age of consent raised from 13 - 16
- 1886 - Repeal of Contagious Diseases Act
- Untitled
- 1891 - The Johnson Case
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