emancipated

There is a lot of doublespeak, that as women, we have never been as emancipated and free to do what we want as we are today.

At 15, Skye sought to be legally emancipated because other child actors had done the same as a means of averting the legal requirements of minors on set.

The group’s name derives from Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s unfulfilled promise to grant some emancipated slaves “40 acres and a mule” to help them start over after the Civil War.

"We supported her, she tried to get emancipated. It ended up not working out and she didn’t."

The series also asserts that Schneider was not only heavily involved in Bynes’ professional life but in her personal life as well, including trying to help Bynes get emancipated from her parents.