The legal tradition that kept women from owning property and holding public office came to the united states from question 14 options: mexico. africa. britain. france.

The answer to the question is Britain.

Since the United States is a former British territory, some of its laws are still related to the ones that were established in the United Kingdom. Some of it include the ban on women from owning property and holding public office – where in the UK, the first was finally repealed in 1882, while the latter in 1918.

The United States finally repealed similar laws governing property ownership starting from the 1800s, with each states granting several degree of ownership to women (from the right to own and control to only ownership when spouse is incapacitated) while the right to public office was repealed around the women’s suffrage era.

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