C. the property rights of married women.
In the excerpt, Stowe highlights the inequity in property rights between men and women, specifically indicating that a woman loses her legal identity and control over her property upon marriage.
“Though he acquired a fortune through her, or though she earn a fortune through her talents, he is the sole master of it, and she cannot draw a penny...She passes out of legal existence.”
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1869)
In the excerpt, Harriet Beecher Stowe is advocating for
Responses
A universal women’s suffrage.universal women’s suffrage.
B the rights of factory workers.the rights of factory workers.
C the property rights of married women.the property rights of married women.
D the rights of formerly enslaved people.
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