When the signers of the declaration of independence founded our American republic with a statement that “all men are created equal” they did not seem to include women. American women, especially married women were in a class legally with slaves, imbeciles and felons. A scene such as which took place about 30 years before the civil war can hardly be realised today. We are in Judge Daniel Katy’s office, which joined his home in New York, and it is the year 1830…