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100	1		_aBesant, Annie, _d1847-1933
245	1	0	_aMarriage, As It Was, As It Is, and As It Should Be: A Plea for Reform
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2014
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2014-09-29
508			_aProduced by David Widger from page images generously provided by the Internet Archive
520			_a"Marriage, As It Was, As It Is, and As It Should Be: A Plea for Reform" by Annie Besant is a socio-political treatise written in the late 19th century. The book critiques the existing marriage laws and their oppressive impact on women, advocating for reform to achieve equality in marriage. Besant argues that the legal framework surrounding marriage treats women as property, stripping them of their rights and agency. The opening of the work outlines historical and philosophical perspectives on human rights, highlighting the ongoing struggle for women to attain the same rights as men. Besant discusses the evolution of marriage from a coercive and transactional institution in barbaric societies to its current state, where women still face significant legal inequalities within marriage. She attacks this system as a relic of the past, arguing that it perpetuates control and subjugation, thus calling for both legal and societal reforms to recognize marriage as a partnership of equals, devoid of the hierarchical structure that currently exists. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aMarriage -- Great Britain
653			_aMarriage law -- Great Britain
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47000
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