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Author:

Fraser, Antonia, 1932- author.

Title:

The case of the married woman : Caroline Norton and her fight for women's justice / Antonia Fraser.

Edition:

First Pegasus books cloth edition.

Publisher:

Pegasus Books,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xvii, 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), genealogical tables ; 24 cm

Subject:

Norton, Caroline Sheridan,--1808-1877.
Women authors, English--19th century--Biography.
Authors, English--19th century--Biography.
Women--History--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Women's rights--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index.

Summary:

Relates the story of nineteenth-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.

ISBN:

163936157X
9781639361571

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1311536469

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)