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Observations on the Natural Claim of the Mother to the Custody of her Infant Children - As Affected by the Common Law Right of the Father (Paperback)
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Observations on the Natural Claim of the Mother to the Custody of her Infant Children - As Affected by the Common Law Right of the Father (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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Caroline Norton (1808 77), author and law reform campaigner, was
the granddaughter of the playwright Sheridan and soprano Elizabeth
Linley. Her disastrous, violent marriage in 1827 to the financially
irresponsible Tory M.P. and barrister George Norton led her to seek
escape in writing poetry. Anonymous autobiographical novels
followed, exploring women's powerlessness in marriage, together
with regular contributions to periodicals such as Macmillan's
Magazine. Flamboyant, intelligent and temperamental, she secured
her place in literary society, numbering Disraeli and Dickens among
her friends. Ever jealous, her husband accused her of adultery with
Lord Melbourne, but the case was unproven. In revenge, he refused
his wife access to their sons, and it was this act which led to her
determined campaign to improve the rights of women in marriage and
divorce. This work, first published anonymously in 1837, was
instrumental in the subsequent passing of the Custody of Infants
Act (1839)."
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