In matters of law and property, a woman was subsumed under the person of her father and, after marriage, her husband. This state of affairs has been the focus of calls for reform by whom?

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Mary Wollstonecraft was an advocate for women's rights and called for reforms to improve the legal and social status of women, challenging the notion that women were subsumed under the authority of their fathers or husbands.

In Matters of Law and Property, a Woman Was Subsumed