The Wisconsin Magazine

Excerpt from Wisconsin Magazine of History, 1926 There was, however, one phase Of women's rights which was seriously considered and was adopted by the convention - the ownership Of property by married women. This provision was bitterly opposed by some members, one of them, Edward G. Ryan, who later became chief justice of the supreme court of Wisconsin, declaring it violated both the customs Of society and the express commands of the Bible. This married women's property clause was one of the reasons why the first constitution drafted was rejected by the voters. 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.

This is the first in a multi-volume series of publications put out by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin which contain numerous articles from the Wisconsin Magazine of History. Each volume gives fascinating history and knowledge, including questions and answers from state historians, scholarly documents and more.