Bibliograph

The criminal conversation of Mrs. Norton, Victorian England's "scandal of the century" and the fallen socialite who changed women's lives forever, Diane Atkinson

Type

Label

The criminal conversation of Mrs. Norton, Victorian England's "scandal of the century" and the fallen socialite who changed women's lives forever, Diane Atkinson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The criminal conversation of Mrs. Norton

Oclc number

829738855

Responsibility statement

Diane Atkinson

Sub title

Victorian England's "scandal of the century" and the fallen socialite who changed women's lives forever

Summary

The biography of Caroline Sheridan Norton who was accused by her husband of "criminal conversation" (adultery) in Victorian England. After a not-guilty verdict humiliated her husband, Caroline was cut off, leaving her destitute and forbidden from seeing her sons. For the next thirty years Caroline campaigned for women and battled male-dominated Victorian society, helping to write the Infant Custody Act (1839), and influenced the Matrimonial Causes (Divorce) Act (1857) and the Married Women's Property Act (1870), which gave women a separate legal identity for the first time

Target audience

adult

Classification