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GCSE History · key term
A system in which a man maintains another woman as a partner alongside his wife, without giving that woman the same status as his wife.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Paper 3
Revise: Family and WomenIntroduced on 1 May 1950, the Marriage Law attacked the legal foundations of traditional male authority. It established freedom of choice in marriage and equal rights between husband and wife. It prohibited compulsory arranged marriages, the buying and selling of brides, and concubinage.
Paper 1
The practice of a man keeping another woman in addition to his wife, without giving her the same status as a wife.
Revise: Social Change: Women, Youth, and TraditionalismThe 1950 Marriage Law was a major early reform. It established freedom of choice in marriage, outlawed arranged marriage and concubinage, and made divorce more accessible. It also strengthened women’s property rights, including widows’ rights to inherit from their husbands.
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