Join renowned historian Linda K. Kerber on Saturday, March 7 at 2 pm at the Duxbury Free Library for a compelling exploration of how the old law of domestic relations and the system of coverture shaped marriage, citizenship, and women’s legal status in the United States. Dr. Kerber is the May Brodbeck Professor in the Liberal Arts, Professor of History, Lecturer in Law Emerita at the University of Iowa, and Visiting Scholar in the Department of History at Harvard University.  A leading scholar of citizenship, gender, and authority, she is the award‑winning author of Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America and No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship and has served as president of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the American Studies Association.  This program is sponsored by the Alden Kindred of America and Duxbury Free Library.  Register here https://duxbury.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/historian-linda-kerber/  Duxbury Free Library is located at 77 Alden Street.