March 27, 1895 Courier Journal List of States, where fathers, brothers and husbands placed the age, young girls could dispose of property and contract legal marriage. Seven years----Delaware Ten Years---Alabama--North Carolina--South Carolina Twelve Years--Kentucky--Louisana--Texas--Wisconsin--Virginia Thirteen Years--Iowa--New Hampshire--Utah Fourteen Years--Arizona--California--Connecticut--Georgia--Idaho--Illinois--Indiana-Mai ne--Maryland--Michigan--Minnesota--Missouri--Nevada--New Mexico--North Dakota--Ohio--Oregon--Vermont--West Virginia. Fifteen Years--Montana Sixteen Years--Arkansas--District of Columbia--Massachusetts--Mississippi--New Jersey New York--Pennsylvania--Rhode Island--South Dakota--Tennessee--Washington. Seventeen Years--Florida. Kansas and Wyoming raised the age of concent to Eighteen years old. Colorado has raised the age of concent to Twenty One years old Women writers and editors used the women's editions to comment about issues of importance to them. The Louisville women who produced this issue of the Courier-Journal took the opportunity to highlight what they considered a social injustice: the age (which varied by state) at which young girls could dispose of property or contract legal marriage. Researcher: Elva Nolan Morgan Copyright 2005