books.google.com - "By law and by custom women's individual identities have been subsumed by those of their husbands. For centuries women were not allowed to own real estate in their own name, sign a deed, devise a will, or enter into contracts, and even their citizenship and their position as head of household have been...https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Hidden_Half_of_the_Family.html?id=fiqOTHIjdpMC&q=Kentucky&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Hidden Half of the Family
