During the late 1800's and early 1900's could women own property?

Question:

During the late 1800's and early 1900's could women own property?

I'm doing some genealogy and have hit a roadblock. I think I can pass it if I can figure out if women could own property (in their name) anywhere in the time frame of 1850 and 1910. I'm hoping yes so that I can look up land records and such in the hopes of following that "paper trail".

If you don't know, do you know of any reputable website that might be able to answer that question for me?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: YES, women could own land... it was just less common.
To me, land records are one of the MOST valuable and overlooked sources. Probably because they are seldom online (that is not an absolute either). When doing hard core work on any family, I can't imagine not working those.
When you know the specific county, you are likely to find more deeds than just the lady you are focused on. It is likely that you will locate records relating to other members of the family, and those can be pure GOLDMINES.
One ancestor settled a parcel of land in Texas, but when he died in the interim, the land grant was issued in her name. He left no will when he died, but 10 yrs later, both the widow and all surviving children were designated "heirs at law", naming not only the children but spouses and where they lived. This proves which of the other known children had already died, or they would have been included. In an adjoining county, one of the sons (older and 2nd marriage) filed a record of adoption, for an infant son, whose mom died following childbirth. Many deeds that I have seen have details in them that come as huge surprises., such as relationships, former residences, etc.
It IS labor intensive to work deeds and other court records. Even if available, I suggest not using a "search box", due to misspellings or unexpected deeds for relatives with different surnames. The grantor/grantee index is the finding aid, and it is worth literally reading, to locate the deed.. then getting the deed itself. The index only shows "A sold to B".
You don't have to go to the area, but certainly it is good if you can. If not, the LDS church has microfilmed all county court records that they can, which can be ordered for use at a local branch (open to all, not just members of the church).