Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (1808 - 1877)

Short name Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah
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First name Caroline Elizabeth Sarah
Birth name Sheridan
Married name Norton, Stirling-Maxwell
Alternative name Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan , Caroline Stirling-Maxwell , Pearce Stevenson
Date of birth 1808
Date of death 1877
Birth date Notes 22-03-1808
Death date Notes 15-06-1877
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Sex Female
Place of birth England
Place of death England
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Frank Stone, portrait of Caroline Norton, ca. 1845.
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Norton, George Chapple 1827-1836 Divorced
Stirling-Maxwell, William 1877-1877 Married
Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah was ...
related to Ross, Janet Ann
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Receptions of Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Frank Stone, portrait of Caroline Norton, ca. 1845. 1845 is portrait of
Clever Girls of Our Time: And how They Became Famous Women Joseph Johnson 1862 is biography of
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She cannot be described as a feminist, however, since she believed in male superiority and sought legal chance only on the basis that individual cases existed in which men had failed their responsibilities". - Cambr, Nat Biogr
According to Wikipedia, "left her husband in 1836, following which her husband sued her close friend Lord Melbourne, the then Whig Prime Minister, for criminal conversation". Caroline was denied divorce, and could no longer see her three children. She then campaigned for, and succeeded in letting pass several Acts around rights for mothers and children. Financial difficulties.