Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (1808 - 1877)
| Short name | Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/76361166/ |
| First name | Caroline Elizabeth Sarah |
| Birth name | Norton |
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| 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 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | England |
| Place of death | England |
| Lived in | England |
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Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah was ...
| related to | Ross, Janet Ann |
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| Place(s) of Residence | England |
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Receptions of Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
| 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.