Why Diamonds Really are a Girl's Best Friend
Join renowned historian Linda K. Kerber for a compelling exploration of how the old law of domestic relations and the system of coverture shaped marriage, citizenship, and women’s legal status in the United States. Dr. Kerber is the May Brodbeck Professor in the Liberal Arts, Professor of History and Lecturer in Law Emerita at the University of Iowa, and a Visiting Scholar in the Department of History at Harvard University. A leading scholar of citizenship, gender, and authority, she is the award‐winning author of Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America and No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship. She has served as president of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the American Studies Association. This talk is sponsored by the Alden House Historic Site and Duxbury Free Library.
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