The Unfair StatusBy Matilda Jocelyn Gage(From “Woman, Church and State.”)
By Matilda Jocelyn Gage
(From “Woman, Church and State.”)
Under French law, woman is a perpetual minor under the guardianship of her own, or that of her husband’s family. Only in the case of the birth of an illegitimate child is she treated as a responsible being, and then only that discomfort and punishment may fall upon her.