Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877
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- English Wikipedia website, viewed Dec. 23, 2011(under: Caroline Norton; full name: Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (22 March 1808-15 June 1877) was a famous British society beauty, feminist, social reformer, and author of the early and mid nineteenth century; Caroline was born in London, England to Thomas Sheridan and Caroline Henrietta Callander)
- Juanita, 1897:caption (Mrs. Norton)
- LC database, Dec. 23, 2011(hdg.: Norton, Caroline (Sheridan), 1808-1877)
- page 136-137 (bibliography lists several songs, including "Juanita" with words and music by Mrs. Norton (Caroline Sheridan Norton, 1808-1877) dating from 1826?-1860? ( (Women composers author index, 2013?:) )
- Her The English annual, 1834-35.
- Her Caroline Norton's defense, 1982:CIP t.p. (Caroline Norton)
- Her English laws for women in the nineteenth century, 1854:t.p. (C. Norton)
- Her A plain letter to the Lord Chancellor on the infant custody bill, 1839:t.p. (Pearce Stevenson, Esq.)
- Her The fairy bells, 184-?:caption (the Hon. Mrs. Norton)
- Rolfe Johnson, A. In praise of woman [SR] p1994:container (Caroline Norton) program notes, p. 5 (1808-1877; better known as a writer and campaigner for legal reform than as a composer)
Wikipedia description:
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell (née Sheridan; 22 March 1808 – 15 June 1877) was an active English social reformer and author. She left her husband, who was accused by many of coercive behaviour, in 1836. Her husband then sued her close friend Lord Melbourne, then the Whig Prime Minister, for criminal conversation (adultery). Although the jury found her friend not guilty of adultery, she failed to gain a divorce and was denied access to her three sons due to the laws at the time which favoured fathers. Norton's campaigning led to the passage of the Custody of Infants Act 1839, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and the Married Women's Property Act 1870. She modelled for the fresco of Justice in the House of Lords by Daniel Maclise, who chose her as a famous victim of injustice.
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