Essays Tagged: "independent income"

Queens of the Ramesside Dynasty in New Kingdom Egypt

rried with them genuine jobs to do and estates with land, servants and administrators to provide an independent income. The title God's Wife of Amun provided the queen with her own source of money and ...

(4 pages) 2313 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History > Ancient Egypt

The Penalty for Good Looks in Western Australia

legal. But is it right? This law was passed in 1863, when women did not have much in the way of an independent income, when they were dependent on their husbands for food and shelter. This law stated ... s was a useful law - supporting those women who were not as likely to remarry - but now, being more independent than in the past, they can choose whether to marry or not. A beautiful woman may not wan ...

(2 pages) 15 0 3.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies