Copy of earliest book on laws relating to women emerges at Newcastle saleroom
‘The Lawes Resolutions of Women’s Rights: or the Lawes Provision for Women’, attributed to the English lawyer Thomas Edgar and printed in 1632 by John More, is recognised as the earliest book in the English language to compile laws relating to women.
The text provides an overview of the laws and rights that shaped women’s lives in the early 17th cen…