Caroline Kearney faced a heart-breaking dilemma. She was 31 years old and had six children when her husband died in 1866. She had hoped that her sons would inherit the sheep station they owned in the Wimmera in Victoria. But she had no right to it herself. Her husband's will offered a reasonabl...

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1. Verfasser:	Bradbury, Bettina 1949- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Sydney, NSW NewSouth Publishing 2019
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1800-1900 Witwe Soziale Situation Rechtsstellung Kolonialismus Australien Australian Kearney, Caroline Kearney, Caroline / Family Women / Australia / 19th century / Biography Widows / Australia / Social conditions / 19th century Widows / Legal status, laws, etc / Australia / History / 19th century Inheritance and succession / Australia / History / 19th century Australia / History / 1788-1900 Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	Caroline Kearney faced a heart-breaking dilemma. She was 31 years old and had six children when her husband died in 1866. She had hoped that her sons would inherit the sheep station they owned in the Wimmera in Victoria. But she had no right to it herself. Her husband's will offered a reasonable annuity to support her and the children. But, it had a catch: for that support to be paid, she had to move to Ireland with her children and live in a house her brothers-in-law would choose. English-born, she had migrated to Australia with her family when she was sixteen. She had never been to Ireland. This extraordinary story reveals much about family, women's rights, property, and the law in the British Empire of the nineteenth century. A truly impressive work of historical recovery, on a major scale
Beschreibung:	ix, 336 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits, 2 genealogische Tafeln 24 cm
ISBN:	9781742236605