Freedom for French Women
OBEDIENCE NO LONGER OBLIGATORY United Pres* Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Cooyrlsrht. Received Sunday, 6.30 p.m. PARIS, Feb. 19. Meaning a veritable charter Of freedom for French womanhood, a new law removes the words “the woman owes obedience to her husband” from the civil marriage code. Hitherto married women have been worse off legally than minors, but they are now given full civil rights.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 43, 21 February 1938, Page 6
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