TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fraser,Antonia
TI  - The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton and Her Fight for Women's Justice 
SN  - 9781639361571
AV  - PR5112.N5Z67 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Pegasus Books
KW  - Norton, Caroline Sheridan,
KW  - Women authors, English
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Authors, English
KW  - Women
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Women's rights
KW  - Écrivaines anglaises
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Écrivains anglais
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Activité politique
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Droits
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)
KW  - fast
KW  - Gender identity
KW  - homoit
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-265) and index; Prologue : She does not exist -- Starry night. Child in a dark wood ; 'Here she comes!' ; Melbourne's hat ; What Mr. Norton liked -- Summer's gone. Helpless ; Extraordinary trial ; Given against whom? ; Hungry for the children ; Woman's tears and the law -- Half in shade, half in sun. Heavenly Norton ; Lost companions ; The name of writer ; Let him claim the copyright -- The winds of change. Reaping in joy? ; Nonna wants the pen ; Floated away from shore -- Epilogue : One of the little hinges
N2  - After her marriage in 1828 to the MP George Norton, the writer Caroline Norton attracted friends and admirers to her salon in Westminster, which included the young Disraeli and the widowed Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne. Racked with jealousy, George Norton took the Prime Minister to court, suing him for damages on account of his "Criminal Conversation" (adultery) with Caroline. Despite the unexpected sensational acquittal, Norton was still able to legally deny Caroline access to her three children, all under seven. He also claimed her income as an author for himself, since the copyrights of a married woman belonged to her husband. Caroline refused to despair. She channeled her energies in an area of much-needed reform: the rights of a married woman and, specifically, those of a mother. Over the next few years, she achieved her first landmark victory with the Infant Custody Act of 1839. The author sets the record straight, and in doing brings Caroline Norton to life. -- Adapted from jacket
ER  -