The study aimed to present private legal position of women through history in the territory of the Republic of Croatia from the Middle Ages until the establishment of independent Croatia. The Vinodol Law, numerous statutes, Tripartite and the General Civil Code, have presented what was a position of women in the family, during arrangements of the marriage, in marriage itself and what rights women had during inheritance. From the statutes, the following were singled out: the Dubrovnik Statute, the Korčula Statute, the Lastovo Statute, the Split Statute and others. In the Middle Ages, it was considered that women were incapable of taking care of themselves, that they weren’t independent beings, that they were prone to sin and therefore they needed the supervision of a man. The living space of a woman in the Middle Ages consisted mainly of staying in the house and going to church while her position depended on where she lived and what her social status was. Many people gave a description of the ideal woman and called the girls to purity, loyalty, obedience, shyness and above all to preserve honor. After the Middle Ages, the position of women, according to Tripartite, the General Civil Code and in the SFRY and independent Croatia will be presented.