1840: (Article 201 of the 1840 Civil Code — In the Nineteenth Century Women’s Long-Standing Central Role in the Strength of Their Financial Management Being …

1840: (Article 201 of the 1840 Civil Code — In the Nineteenth Century Women’s Long-Standing Central Role in the Strength of Their Financial Management Being Acknowledged and Written into Law, Article 201 of the 1840 Civil Code Being Created So That Married Women Could Hold Their Own Wages — the Law Repealed Within Several Years but the Legislation Being a State Acknowledgment of Women’s Role as Significant Actors in the Flow of Currency in the Country and That Marriage Should Not Prohibit the Flow of Resources): In the nineteenth century, women’s long-standing central role in financial management was acknowledged and written into law. Article 201 of the 1840 civil code was created so that married women could hold their own wages. The law was repealed within several years, but the legislation was a state acknowledgment of women’s role as significant actors in the flow of currency in the country and that marriage should not prohibit the flow of resources — the repeal confirmed the pattern: the Haitian state periodically recognized women’s economic sovereignty only to revoke it, the law a pendulum that swung between acknowledgment and erasure across the century.