Caroline Norton

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feminist precursor novelist person poet social reformer writer

Caroline Norton was a 19th-century English social reformer and writer whose legal struggles helped inspire major reforms in British marriage and child custody laws.

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instanceOf feminist precursor ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1870s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1820s ⓘ
associatedWith William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
surface form: Lord Melbourne

Whig Party ⓘ
surface form: Whig Party politicians
birthCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
birthDate 1808-03-22 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
causeOfFame high-profile legal disputes with her husband ⓘ
public campaign against coverture in English law ⓘ
child Brinsley Norton ⓘ
Fletcher Norton ⓘ
William Norton ⓘ
deathDate 1877-06-15 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
era Victorian era ⓘ
familyName Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Thomas Sheridan ⓘ
fullName Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Caroline ⓘ
grandfather Richard Brinsley Sheridan ⓘ
knownFor campaigning for child custody rights for mothers ⓘ
campaigning for reform of British marriage laws ⓘ
influencing the Custody of Infants Act 1839 ⓘ
influencing the Married Women’s Property Act 1870 ⓘ
influencing the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mother Caroline Henrietta Sheridan ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
English ⓘ
notableWork A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cranworth’s Marriage and Divorce Bill ⓘ
A Voice from the Factories ⓘ
A Brief Summary, in Plain Language, of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women ⓘ
surface form: English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century

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occupation author ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
sibling Frances Sheridan ⓘ
surface form: Georgiana Sheridan

Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye ⓘ
spouse George Chapple Norton ⓘ
spouseEnd 1875 ⓘ
spouseStart 1827 ⓘ

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