This paper reports patterns of property-holding by women and men in late nineteenth century Ontario immediately before … and after legislation in 1872 and 1884 which permitted married women to hold property in their own name. The female …-held share of all property and the female share of all owners in the town increased sharply. The gains were made by married women …

The impetus for change in African legal reform is coming primarily from African women themselves, as they respond to … their personal and practical experiences with the law. Top-down imposition of norms has not worked; if legal reform is to … lead to sustainable equity for women, the voices of these women must be heard. Given that previous efforts to ensure …

still unclear. Studying the timing of woman suffrage adoption at state level, we find that states in which women were scarce … (the West) enfranchised their women much earlier than states in which the sex ratio was more balanced (the rest of the … and may have made woman suffrage more attractive in the eyes of western legislators that sought to attract more women to …

Woman suffrage led to one of the greatest enfranchisements in history. Yet, women neither won the right to vote by … jurisdiction's transition to woman suffrage. Our results show that the general scarcity of women in the American West, or a high … sex ratio, was the single most important factor behind the region's lead in the enfranchisement of women in the US. High …

still unclear. Studying the timing of woman suffrage adoption at state level, we find that states in which women were scarce … (the West) enfranchised their women much earlier than states in which the sex ratio was more balanced (the rest of the … and may have made woman suffrage more attractive in the eyes of western legislators that sought to attract more women to …

Women's suffrage led to one of the greatest enfranchisements in history. Voting rights, however, were not won by force … extensions in US states between 1869 and 1919, we find that a scarcity of women strongly promoted early transitions to women … have made women's suffrage attractive as a means to attract more women. …