Marriage as bondage
The anomaly of the citizen wife
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12345136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marilyn Lake (0000-0002-9288-5808, La Trobe University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 112 |
| Pages | 116-129 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1031-461X • E-ISSN: 1940-5049 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10314619908596090 |
| PMID | 19405219 |
| OpenAlex | W2089448905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 9 |
The meaning of marriage for women was a hotly disputed issue in Australia during the first half of the twentieth century and beyond. Conscious of their status as citizens, interwar feminists became preoccupied with the anomalous condition of wives in a modern democracy. The provision of personal service in exchange for keep, the condition of wives was defined as an anachronism, a political relic, a form of feudal bondage. Feminists campaigned for the economic independence of married women, demanding legislation that would give wives legal ownership of household savings as well as a legal entitlement to a share in their husbands' wages
Anomaly (physics · Genealogy · Physics · Political science · Sociology · Wife · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law · Condensed Matter Physics
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2023 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |