#Legal status of women in the late 18th century
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(1/n)
Granted, #Justice #Alito would most likely prefer to interpret it that way. However, this would be historically and legally incorrect.
1. The earliest version of Webster's Dictionary from 1828 also had the meaning of "man/"men meaning "mankind:
https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/Men
(Sense 2.)
2. While married women's property mostly became a husband's property, husband and wife were...