Women at law in early colonial Maryland / Monica C. Witkowski.
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Law and society : recent scholarship
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| Physical Description: | ix, 232 p. |
| Notes: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Marquette University, 2010) presented under title: "Justice Without Partiality": Women and the Law in Colonial Maryland, 1648-1715. |
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Table of Contents:
- "To preserve harmony among men" - and women? : colonial Maryland society, women, and the law
- "They say I am a witch" : early Maryland and witchcraft
- "Would you have me confess that I killed a man?" : violent crimes
- "Nor a woman chaste" : sexual offenses
- Maryland women and property
- Conclusion : a "race of convicts"?.