RIGHTS OF MARRIED WOMEN........published 1882. ABSTRACT OF STATE LAWS AS TO THE RIGHT OF MARRIED WOMEN. ILLINOIS - Married women may own in their own right, real or personal property, obtained by gift, decent or purchase; may convey the same, sue or be sued, or make a will, in all respects like single women. The wife's separate earnings are her own. The property of both is liable for family expenses and education of children. A surviving wife or husband takes one third of all the real estate of the deceased. The three pages are frmo the The Universal Self-Instructor & Manual of General Reference. Edited by Albert Berg, published 1882 by W. M. Farrar. Book was owned by eorge W. Morris, grandfather of Doris Roney Bowers. There were 44 states at this time. THANKS.....:-)* Sally Hathaway.... [email protected] Owner...ILROUTE66 LIST