Foreword / Michael Grossberg -- Introduction / Daniel W. Stowell -- Femes UnCovert: women's encounters with the law / Daniel W. Stowell -- For the well-being of the child: the law and childhood / Dennis E. Suttles -- Dissolving the bonds of matrimony: women and divorce in Sangamon County, Illinois, 1837-60 / Stacy Pratt McDermott -- Inheriting the earth: the law of succession / John A. Lupton -- Wives, widows, and will makers: women and the law of property / Christopher A. Schnell -- The law in an Illinois corner: the impact of the law on an Antebellum family / Stacy Pratt McDermott -- Infamous outrage and prompt retribution: the case of People v. Delny / Susan Krause -- Her day in court: the legal odyssey of Clarissa Wren / Daniel W. Stowell
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