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To: Ilaine who wrote (95223)	1/14/2005 3:45:54 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793537

So true, CB! Anybody who has forgotten this history deserves to have to repeat it. Also, the women of yesteryear, if they lost their husband, had to get a "male guardian" for their children, as the children were termed an "orphan" legally. The women were deemed not selfsufficient enough to care for them in their own name. Don't know exactly when that stopped, but believe it was close to the 20th century...

To: Ilaine who wrote (95223)	1/14/2005 4:03:30 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793537

A couple more links that speak to my point in the previous message....I didn't know this for a long time, and was surprised that this practice continued for as long as it did. Orphan Any infant (person under 21) whose father had died. Note that a person whose father had died was an “orphan” regardless of whether or not their mother was living. Guardian A guardian was responsible for managing the estate of a minor (or an adult judged not capable of managing their own estate), as well as their education, debts, and representation in legal actions. The guardian was not necessarily the person with whom an orphan lived. Orphans might live with their mother, for instance, but have a guardian to manage their inherited estates. Orphans under the age of 14 had court-appointed guardians, but at 14 a child could choose their own guardian. genfiles.com pipeline.com