SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Academic Degree, Canadian Nationalism, Civil Marriage Act
14 Feb 2013
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Marriage and divorce: early industrial capitalism and marriage/divorce law. People left smaller areas and moving into the cities. Often mothers and children would move into the cities before their husbands and most never came. (feminization of poverty: ontario married women"s property act (1884) First time they didn"t lose their property rights. Separate property= both husbands and wives had property and disposed it and if the relationship failed they had what was his/hers: ontario deserted wives" maintenance act (1888) Introduced a legal obligations to husbands and fathers to support their family after their divorce. If they didn"t support them, they faced jail time. After wwi, there were laws that imposed fathers who abandoned their wives and children. By 1900"s, women had some rights: federal marriage and divorce act (1925, first legislative act under federal government"s new jurisdiction over marriage and divorce (obtained with. Man could petition for a divorce but women could not.
