This site was frozen in 2004 and is now out of date. Please go to RLG's current Web site for all information. Questions? Contact us. RLG Digital Collections Project Marriage, Women, and the Law, 1815-1914 Studies in Scarlet The Marriage, Women, and the Law collection is the result of a collaborative project of the Research Libraries Group's law community . This page provides free, demonstration access to it. With a focus on family law and domestic relations in the 19th century, the collection provides scholars throughout the world with electronic access to materials supporting research on a broad range of topics, including marriage, divorce, adultery, miscegenation, polygamy, and birth control. The content of the collection, gleaned from case reports, statutes, novels, newspapers, diaries, and letters, is designed to support scholarship in disciplines including law, history, sociology, political science, women's studies, and criminology. The strength of this collection is the extent, quality, and cohesion of the content. Seven major research institutions in the United States and Great Britain contributed primary and secondary materials: - The New York Public Library focused its contribution on materials that document the social conventions and status of women in the 19th century. The New York Public Library also contributed case law from New York courts that played a significant role in establishing critical family law legal precedents in jurisdictions throughout the United States.
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