Which of the Following Statements Best Describes Women's Property Rights

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes women's property rights in the English colonies in the eighteenth century?

A) A widow gained control over her late husband's estate and retained it even if she remarried.
B) When they married,women passed legal ownership of all personal property to their husbands.
C) Upon marriage,sons and daughters usually received equal shares of the family property.
D) Any land a woman owned before her marriage reverted to her ownership at her husband's death.