Observations on the Natural Claim of the Mother to the Custody of Her Infant Children: As Affected by the Common Law Right of the Father

by Caroline Sheridan Norton

Book Overview

Caroline Norton (1808-77), author and law reform campaigner, was the granddaughter of the playwright Sheridan and soprano Elizabeth Linley. Her disastrous, violent marriage in 1827 to the financially irresponsible Tory M.P. and barrister George Norton led her to seek escape in writing poetry. Anonymous autobiographical novels followed, exploring women's powerlessness in marriage, together with regular contributions to periodicals such as Macmillan's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108040349
• ISBN13: 9781108040341
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"