I want and seek protection, as a married woman-not divorce, in order to escape the abuses of marital power-that is, I want protection from the abuse of marital power, not a divorce from it.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
So, in case where the marital fails, she can have legal protection, while married as well as when single.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
He could not insist on any marital rights over Odalite-that was quite certain now.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth