By the English common law, her husband was her lord and master. He had the custody of her person, and of her minor children. He could 'punish her with astick no bigger than his thumb,' and she could not complain against him.


Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement (ed. 1883)

Harriet Hanson Robinson Quotes

By the English common law, her husband was her lord and master. He had the custody of her person, and of her minor children. He could 'punish her...

By the English common law, her husband was her lord and master. He had the custody of her person, and of her minor children. He could 'punish her...

By the English common law, her husband was her lord and master. He had the custody of her person, and of her minor children. He could 'punish her...

By the English common law, her husband was her lord and master. He had the custody of her person, and of her minor children. He could 'punish her...