Excerpt from Woman and the Law This work is designed to serve the purposes of a general view of the legal condition of the women of the United States at the present time, and is more especially for the reading of women. It is a general statement and not an exhaustive analysis; it is not designed for the practising lawyer, man or woman, for though it deals with legal principles, it does not apply them to concrete cases; and least of all is it an attempt to make every woman her own lawyer. American women, whether studying alone or in clubs, are coming more and more to take an appreciative interest in the sociological development of the nation, and naturally a subject to engage their attention is the condition of their fellow-women viewed from all standpoints. Perhaps the most difficult branch of the general subject to be handled by women in a comprehensive way is the positive law, both because the material is not easily accessible and because some experience is needed to make use of the material when found. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.