Title:
The case of the married woman : Caroline Norton and her fight for women's justice
Author:
Preferred Call Number:
346.0173 NORTON 2022
Publication Information:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2022.
Genre:
Physical Description:
xvii, 286 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part one: Starry night -- Part two: Summer's gone -- Part three: Half in shade, half in sun -- Part four: The winds of change.
ISBN:
9781639361571
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.
