A Mother’s Legacy: The Economic Impact of Women and Their Inheritance in a Small Spanish Village

Authors

Deborah Gurtler, Brigham Young University
George R. Ryskamp, Brigham Young University

Keywords

mother, women, Spanish village, family inheritance

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

History

Abstract

Garganta la Olla is a small town in the Extremadura region in Spain where partible inheritance was practiced. Each child received an equal share of the family inheritance which had economic implications for the women of the village. Their share of the inheritance often included property. This project studied the impact women had on their community economically because of their ownership of inherited property. Were the women of the village really sharing equally in the family patrimony with their male siblings and if so, did this allow them to have an impact on the community economically? These are the questions that this project sought to answer.

Recommended Citation

Gurtler, Deborah and Ryskamp, George R. (2013) "A Mother’s Legacy: The Economic Impact of Women and Their Inheritance in a Small Spanish Village," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 330.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/330