▁convention ▁to ▁vote ▁for ▁it . ▁I ▁do ▁not ▁think ▁that ▁we ▁can ▁offer ▁a ▁greater ▁indu cement ▁for ▁women ▁of ▁fortune ▁to ▁come ▁to ▁California . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁very ▁best ▁provision ▁to ▁get ▁us ▁w ives ▁that ▁we ▁can ▁introduce ▁into ▁the ▁Constitution ." ▁ ▁While ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁the ▁constitution al ▁provision ▁varied , ▁according ▁to ▁scholar ▁Don na ▁C . ▁Sch ue le , ▁" A ▁cons ensus ▁emer ged ▁where by ▁the ▁constitution al ▁guarantee ▁of ▁married ▁women ' s ▁property ▁rights ▁was ▁viewed ▁as ▁a ▁progress ive ▁en act ment ▁bold ly ▁distingu ishing ▁the ▁Golden ▁State ▁from ▁eastern ▁juris dict ions ▁struggling ▁to ▁emer ge ▁from ▁the ▁g ri ps ▁of ▁anti qu ated ▁not ions ▁of ▁law ▁and ▁patri archy ." ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 0 , ▁however , ▁the ▁California ▁State ▁Legisl ature ▁en act ed ▁property ▁laws ▁that ▁express ly ▁und erm ined ▁certain ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁constitution al ▁guarantee . ▁In ▁particular , ▁one ▁stat ute ▁provided ▁that ▁the ▁husband ▁had ▁management ▁and ▁control ▁even ▁of ▁the ▁wife ' s ▁separate ▁property , ▁although ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁sell ▁or ▁enc umber ▁the ▁property ▁without ▁the ▁wife ' s ▁consent ▁made ▁in ▁writing ▁and ▁confirmed ▁outside ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁husband . ▁California ▁also ▁adopted ▁community ▁property ▁laws ▁when ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁state , ▁giving ▁each ▁sp ouse ▁a ▁right ▁to ▁half ▁of ▁whatever ▁was ▁acquired ▁during ▁the ▁marriage . ▁ ▁Native ▁American ▁women ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁days ▁of ▁the ▁Gold