| Description |
486 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical chart ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Preface Publishing"--T.p. verso. |
| Summary |
The biography of Caroline Sheridan Norton who was accused by her husband of "criminal conversation" (adultery) in Victorian England. After a not-guilty verdict humiliated her husband, Caroline was cut off, leaving her destitute and forbidden from seeing her sons. For the next thirty years Caroline campaigned for women and battled male-dominated Victorian society, helping to write the Infant Custody Act (1839), and influenced the Matrimonial Causes (Divorce) Act (1857) and the Married Women's Property Act (1870), which gave women a separate legal identity for the first time. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877.
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Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877 -- Political and social views.
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Feminists -- England -- Biography.
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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| ISBN |
9781613748800 |
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1613748809 |
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