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English Laws for Women in the 19th Century

Norton, CarolineHuddleston, Joan(Introduction by)
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In 1836, after eleven years of marriage, George Norton locked his wife Caroline out of their house, prevented her from seeing her children and sued for divorce.

He lost the suit but was allowed to keep the children and his wife s earnings from her writings.

Caroline Norton wrote English Laws for Women after struggling unsuccessfully for eighteen years against this decision.

It is a passionate plea for justice, filled with the horrifying details of Norton s own predicament and her scornful, accurate assessment of English statutes and the courts treatment of women."

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Academy Chicago Publishers
0897336224 / 9780897336222
Paperback / softback
30/04/2012
United States
208 pages
215 grams