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02935aam a2200397 i 4500 001 C70E1150E55411E7AFB0C42A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171220010225 008 130307s2013 iluafj b 001 0beng c 020 $a 1613748809 020 $a 9781613748800 035 $a (OCoLC)829738855 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d BDX $d GK8 $d MR0 $d OCLCO $d CGP $d YDXCP $d CDX $d GPI $d UPZ $d OCLCA $d IVY $d GWL $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/e-uk-en 050 4 $a PR5112.N5 $b Z75 2013 082 04 $a 305.42092 $2 23 100 1 $a Atkinson, Diane, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88117255 245 14 $a The criminal conversation of Mrs. Norton : $b Victorian England's "scandal of the century" and the fallen socialite who changed women's lives forever / $c Diane Atkinson. 264 1 $a Chicago, Illinois : $b Chicago Review Press, $c 2013. 300 $a 486 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, genealogical tables ; $c 24 cm 500 $a "Copyright © 2013, 2012 by Diane Atkinson. First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Preface Publishing"--Title page verso. 520 $a 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-466) and index. 505 00 $t Life after George (1860-77). $t Caroline Sheridan and George Norton -- $t Wedding bells -- $t The Honourable Mr and Mrs Norton -- $t 1836: "Norty Mrs Norton" -- $t A large black slug in a damp wood -- $t The Infant Custody Act -- $t Wrangling, dangling and death -- $t A storm of expostulation (1843-51) -- $t "The clouded moon of the sun" (1851-9) -- $t Life after George (1860-77). 600 10 $a Norton, Caroline Sheridan, $d 1808-1877. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50081515 600 10 $a Norton, Caroline Sheridan, $d 1808-1877 $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Women $x History $z England $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Feminists $z England $v Biography. 650 0 $a Trials (Adultery) $z England $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Women poets, English $y 19th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women novelists, English $y 19th century $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214020754.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C70E1150E55411E7AFB0C42A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search