Argumenty příznivců a odpůrců návrhů zákona o majetku vdaných žen v Anglii 1855–1882

The article deals with reform initiatives aimed at changing the legal status of married women in the period from the mid-1850s, when the first coordinated efforts to gain more property rights for married women began, to the enactment of the first Married Women’s Property Act 1870 and the second Married Women’s Property Act 1882, which represented significant milestones in the women’s emancipation movement. The aim of the article is to analyze the range of legal, social, economic, ethical, and religious arguments supporting a change in the existing legal status; the views of opponents of the proposed laws on married women’s property will also be taken into account.