The Case of the Married Woman : : Caroline Norton and her Fight for Women's Justice
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Relates the story of nineteeth-century English poet Caroline Norton, who was denied access to her children by her husband after a sensational trial for adultery, and fought tirelessly for the rights of married women and mothers, resulting in the passage of the Infant Custody Act of 1839.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.
Year Published: 2022
Description: xvii, 286 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781639361571
163936157X
SUBJECTS
Norton, Caroline Sheridan, -- 1808-1877.
Women authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
Women -- History -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Women's rights -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Biographies.