when did women get the right to own property

[MacJoanna]

Women in the U.S. began gaining property rights in the 1830s, with states gradually passing laws to expand married women’s ownership. Mississippi allowed married women to hold property with their husband’s consent in 1839. By 1900, all states had laws, inspired by New York’s 1848 Married Women’s Property Act, letting married women own property and keep their earnings.