A Long and Illustrious History
Before Acts of Parliament in 1870 and 1882, a married woman's earnings and property automatically belonged to whom?
AHer husband ✓
BThe state
CHer father
DThe church
Answer & explanation
The correct answer is Her husband.
Until these Acts, when a woman married, her earnings, property and money automatically belonged to her husband.
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