Women's Emancipation Union
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title:
Women's Emancipation Union
text:
The Women's Emancipation Union was founded by Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy in September 1891, following an infamous court case. Regina v Jackson, known colloquially as the Clitheroe Judgement, occurred when Edmund Jackson abducted his wife in a bid to enforce his conjugal rights, long before the concept of marital rape existed. The court of appeal freed Mrs Jackson under habeas corpus. Recognising the significance of this judgement in relation to coverture, the principle that a wife's lega
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description:
Women's rights organization, 1891–1899
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Emancipation_Union
date created:
2018-05-02T15:39:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T23:39:30Z
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