Coverture - Obsolete
Time: 1966
Place: Washington, DC, U.S.
Details: After decades of criticism, finally, in 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court said "the institution of coverture is ... obsolete" even while acknowledging coverture's existence in 1–11 states.
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