Publisher's Synopsis
From the FOREWORD.
"When The Law and the Woman, a book dealing with the legal conditions affecting women and minors in the several States appeared in a small edition it was received kindly and quickly passed out of print. The succeeding pages contain all of the information covered in the first volume, together with additional data, comment and simple and adaptable forms. The first edition went out to women with the endorsement of Olive Stott Gabriel, then president of the Women Lawyers' Association, and of Mary Wood, chairman of legislation of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The New York Times said of it:
"As the first attempt to present in a single volume the status of woman in the United States under the Federal and the State laws, Mrs. Bres's book has unique value and interest.... Her digest and discussion of the present legal status of women in this country is scholarly and readable and makes a worthwhile addition to feminist literature."
And Everywoman, the official organ of the National Council of Women, said:
"It is written in a manner to give the reader the fundamental principles of the law governing the subject, divested of the technical phraseology which only lawyers understand, and furnishes a comprehensive grasp of all the law indispensable for women to know in her broader field of life. As such, this helpful and instructive volume should be in every woman's library."
In this volume the entire subject matter in the first publication is covered, the intent being to make it of greater service to women as legal first aid.
