Caroline Norton

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title: Caroline Norton
text: Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell 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 campa
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description: English social reformer and writer (1808–1877)
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date created: 2004-11-20T03:58:20Z
date modified: 2024-09-03T12:28:48Z
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