Family law in early women's rights debates: Western Europe and the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Intro -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction: Family Law in Early Women's Rights Debates* -- Stephan Meder and Christoph-Eric Mecke -- International Perspective: Transnational Women's Rights Debates -- 2. Women's Movements and Law. Legal, Historical and Sociological Aspects of Research in International Comparison* -- Ute Gerhard -- 3. National or International? How and Why the Napoleonic Code Drove Married Women's Legal Rights onto the Agenda of the International Council of Women and the League of Nations: An Overview -- Karen Offen -- Discussion with Ute Gerhard and Karen Offen -- 4. "Unjust and Unequal" or "Natural" and "Just": The International Council of Women and Women's Legal Position, 1888-1920 -- Anja Schüler -- France -- 5. Unwed Mothers and Family Law in nineteenth-century France: the issues of paternity suits and anonymous delivery -- Nadine Lefaucheur -- Discussion with Nadine Lefaucheur -- Belgium -- 6. The reform of marital status: A challenge for the Belgian women's movement from 1880 until 1940 -- Catherine Jacques* -- Italy -- 7. The Passing of the Civil Code in Italy in 1865 and Anna Maria Mozzoni's Criticism of the Traditional Family Concept* -- Elisabeth Dickmann -- England & -- Wales -- 8. Family Law Reform and the Women's Movement in England and Wales, 1830-1914 -- Rebecca Probert -- Discussion with Rebecca Probert -- USA -- 9. Equal Rights for Mothers. Custody Law Reform and the Equal Rights Movement in the USA, 1848-1930 -- Marion Röwekamp -- 10. A Human Institution: Ernestine Rose and the Campaign for Divorce Law Reform -- Bonnie S. Anderson -- Discussion with Bonnie S. Anderson and Marion Röwekamp -- Scandinavia -- 11. Gender Equality and the Welfare state. Debates on Marriage Law Reform in Sweden at the Beginning of the 20th Century -- Christina Carlsson Wetterberg.