The case of the married woman Caroline Norton and her fight for women's justice
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.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
2022.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus books cloth edition. |
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