... not change until the women's suffrage movement in the late 19th century and even into the 20th century when women were finally able to vote in 1920. When a woman married, all that she owned or inherited became her husband's, this included her very body. This was the legal concept of coverture, and there were few exceptions to it. Although America was ... 's daily tasks and duties would have differed, just as they do today. But what these different types of women had in common was that each, "understood the rhythms of the seasons, the technology of fire building, the persistence of the da...

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