A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cranworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill
Caroline Sheridan Norton
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A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cranworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill

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Caroline Norton (1808-1877) was a Victorian author and campaigner for social reform, especially reform of women's legal rights. In this lucidly written account Norton describes how upon marriage in 1855 women became legally 'non-existent': they could not bring cases to court; they could not enter into a contract; they could not instigate a divorce and their possessions, earnings and any bequests made to them automatically became their husband's property. Norton explains how this lack of legal autonomy affected women if they became estranged from their husbands, using her own experiences for il...