Editing Coverture (section)

== Cultural references ==
The phrase "the law is an [[Donkey|ass]]" was popularized by Charles Dickens' ''[[Oliver Twist]]'', when the character [[Mr. Bumble]] is informed that "the law supposes that your wife acts under your direction". Mr. Bumble replies, "if the law supposes that&nbsp;... the law is a {{Sic}} ass – a idiot. If that's the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst I wish the law is that his eye may be opened by experience – by experience."<ref>{{harvp|Shapiro|2006|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ck6bXqt5shkC&pg=PA197 pp. 197–198] (item 20)}}</ref>

The television show ''[[Frontier House]]'' follows three families who are trying to survive six months in the [[Montana]] countryside, including growing their own [[crops]] and surviving the winter. It takes place during presidency of [[Abraham Lincoln]], who was president when the [[Homestead Act of 1862]] became law. During the show it is noted that coverture was still in effect, so only single women could claim land under the Homestead Act, because married women lost most of their rights.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Edwards |first1=Leigh H |title=The Triumph of Reality TV: The Revolution in American Television |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=163 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PFDIInnAQ9UC&pg=PA163 |access-date=22 July 2019|isbn=9780313399022 |date=2013-01-09 }}</ref>