A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cranworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill

by Caroline Sheridan Norton

Book Overview

Caroline Norton (1808-1877) was a Victorian author and campaigner for social reform, especially reform of women's legal rights. In this lucidly written account Norton describes how upon marriage in 1855 women became legally 'non-existent': they could not bring cases to court; they could not enter into a contract; they could not instigate a divorce and their possessions, earnings and any bequests made to them automatically became their husband's property...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110801836X
• ISBN13: 9781108018364
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"