DYK in 1765 #WilliamBlackstone interpreted Common Law: “In law, husband & wife are one person & the husband is that person”? Theft of the wife’s purse was stealing from him. Wives were just chattel. Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WmnHist

Happy Birthday William Blackstone. (RIP) #HappyBirthdayWilliamBlackstone #WilliamBlackstone #Birthday #RestInPeace #Legends #Legend

"The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.”

⚖️ Sir #WilliamBlackstone, English jurist, politician, and author (Blackstone's Commentaries), was #BOTD 10 July 1723. #Law #Literature