That a woman who is a foreigner may be able to become naturalized in a country otherwise than by marriage.
That woman shall not lose her nationality by the same sacrament.
That woman be admitted to sign, as a witness, all certificates of social condition, with all others that have been hitherto interdicted to her.
You know that already, in derogation of the law, midwives sign certificates of birth of unacknowledged natural children, and that, in certain notarial documents, drawn up by justices of the peace, to attest to a fact in the absence of written evidence, the testimony of women is admitted.
We demand that tradeswomen and merchant women shall form a part of the boards of trade; that in every criminal trial, women shall be placed on the jury: that to women shall be entrusted the management and superintendence of hospitals, prisons for women, and charitable associations.
That in every district, a woman shall be appointed to superintend girls' schools, infant asylums, and nurses.
You know that women are already filling public employments in derogation of the law, since the teaching and inspection of girls' schools, and other asylums, are entrusted to them, and since women keep post-offices, stamp offices, etc.
READER. This regards civil Right in general; what reforms shall we demand concerning married women?
AUTHOR. That the conjugal abode shall be that which is inhabited by the husband and wife together, no longer by the man alone.
That the articles shall be suppressed which command the wife to obey her husband, and to follow him wherever he sees fit to reside.