| Short name |
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton |
| VIAF |
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| First name |
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah |
| Maiden name |
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| Married name |
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| Alternative name |
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan
,
Caroline Stirling-Maxwell
,
Pearce Stevenson
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| Date of birth |
22-03-1808 |
| Date of death |
15-06-1877 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
England |
| Place of death |
England |
| Lived in |
England
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| Place of residence notes |
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| Related to |
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| Bibliography |
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 |
| Provisional Notes |
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. |