Fran's note about women not being allowed to own property caught me by surprise. My great grandmother seems to have bought and sold property in her own right, when she was married. Perhaps the property ownership laws varied by state? Does anyone have access to the Susan B. Anthony state reports? These reports, researched and authored by women, assessed the rights of women in each of the states; I think the reports were writtern around the turn of the century, but maybe I don't recall it just right. For my part, I'm trying to find out how my great, great grandmother--who lived in Tioga County in 1875 and who had been separated from her husband in the West Indies (Danish back then) since 1865, got US citizenship. Everyone says she would have gotten it through her husband, but he never came to the US that I can find; he died in St. Croix, VI in 1877, I think. I haven't been able to find out how women-without-husbands (WWOH) got citizenshp. Does anyone know whom to ask? Cheers from NC. Laura