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Rights of Women – The Homestead Inalienable

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January 22, 1847

“The following is an Article in the Constitution of Wisconsin, which guarantees to every wife her own property, and to every family a home, beyond the power of alienation by a drunken or otherwise profligate husband or father. The vote on its passage stood — Yeas 65; Nays 31”
Then follow the two articles quoted.

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