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ights to women. However, as the complaints of the Kansas district courts judges showed, men were not always comfortable with these changes. They found the disruption of society and the lack of care for the marriage union to be disconcerting. But for the women of Clay and Riley County, Kansas, the ability to petition for divorce opened options for them to own property and to remove themselves from harmful marital situations. Kansas women knew the law and they could use it for their own purposes. 74
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Abstract In the United States, lega
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Table of Contents Acknowledgements.
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Dedication To my Lord and Savior Je
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after five years away from Kansas,
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One other factor is important here.
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law analysis. Riley’s study expla
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CHAPTER 1 - Divorce Law in the Unit
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government regulations focused on t
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What is abundantly clear from the N
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conception of marriage.” 25 It wa
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divorce reflected the changing tren
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Constitution. In his dissenting opi
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family was poor, a legislative divo
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nineteenth century America, divorce
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divorce. They had to have been aban
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addition, protected the property ri
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presented an opportunity for change
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Page 39 and 40: The procedure to file for divorce i
Page 41 and 42: the district courts exclusive juris
Page 43 and 44: Many of the features outlined in th
Page 45 and 46: esidence was where her husband live
Page 47 and 48: years, and that into their large an
Page 49 and 50: active part in the city’s most pr
Page 51 and 52: had availed themselves of the quick
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Page 55 and 56: would come to Kansas for the sole r
Page 57 and 58: Kansans were concerned about the st
Page 59 and 60: tried within six months of the fili
Page 61 and 62: y default. In a majority of them ar
Page 63 and 64: Breeze dated July 18, 1899, Thompso
Page 65 and 66: grounds used to petition for a divo
Page 67 and 68: marriages. Thus, we are apparently
Page 69 and 70: e accompanied by other flagrant vio
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Page 73 and 74: equired any divorce plaintiff to st
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Page 77 and 78: only the right to divorce would ins
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Page 83 and 84: possibility that one of her sons fr
Page 85 and 86: Conclusion Ida Marion Selts, Bertha
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Page 91 and 92: Secondary Sources Books Bardaglio,
Page 93 and 94: ________. Untying the Knot: A Study
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