History A-Level
Legal rights and property ownership
What Legal rights and property ownership means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Legal rights and property ownership
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The Married Women's Property Act 1882 allowed women to own property separately, increasing control over property.
Topics that use Legal rights and property ownership
- Paper 3, Option 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 - 1 Changing patterns of women’s lives within the family and in the world of work (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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