WB does this when she delivers the governance of her property to Jankyn. Chaucer illustrates the laws of the time obstructed women from gaining sovereignty by withholding property from them, consequently making them dependent on males. ...

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When a woman married, her wealth passed to her husband. ... For example, upon her return from the beach, Leonce berates her for staying out in the sun to long and looks at her "as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage" (Chopin 266). ...

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She maintained that women were born free and equal to men, and so being each one the "natural and inalienable" rights of liberty, property, security, must be granted to everyone, without discrimination of sex. ... They proceeded to take over the National Legislature, demanding a guaranteed supply of affordable bread, and passed mock legislation. ...

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