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Caroline Norton was an English author, poet and social reformer. Her acrimonious separation from her husband denied her both a divorce and access to her three sons. This led her to campaigning for women's rights regarding child custody and marriage. She wrote political pamphlets and submitted accounts to Parliament and was thus influential in the passing of the Custody of Infants Act (1839), the Matrimonial Causes Act (1857) and the Women's Property Act (1870). Much of her writing, including her poetry, reflected her political views.
Caroline Norton was an English author, poet and social reformer. Her acrimonious separation from her husband denied her both a divorce and access to her three sons. This led her to campaigning for women's rights regarding child custody and marriage. She wrote political pamphlets and submitted accounts to Parliament and was thus influential in the passing of the Custody of Infants Act (1839), the Matrimonial Causes Act (1857) and the Women's Property Act (1870). Much of her writing, including her poetry, reflected her political views.
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| Title: | Letter from Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton |
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| Description: | Caroline Norton writes to inform the recipient that an article published in 'The Times' was not written by her as was recorded. The article in question was written in support of Harriet Beecher Stowe's article about her friend Lady Byron. (Sampson Low published Stowe's book 'Lady Byron vindicated: a history of the Byron controversy' in 1870). Norton agrees with the content of the Times article but denies it is hers. She also refers to 'Mr Hotten' - this is likely to be publisher John Camden Hotten who published 'The True story of Lord & Lady Byron etc." in 1869. |
| Address: | 3 Chesterfield Street, Mayfair, London |
| Physical description: | Sampson Low Letters, Volume 2, 4 pages ; black edging indicating mourning stationery. Tear caused by glue. Some seepage. |
| Types of letter: | Discussion of work published or forthcoming, including copyright; Comments about another client, author, artist or work etc. |
| Key works mentioned: | The Times |
| Letter note: | This letter has a related note written by the Reverend Frederick William Low who compiled the volumes in c.1913: "The Hon: Mrs Caroline Sheridan Norton, poet and novelist, born 1808, was a grand-daughter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Married in 1827 to the Hon: George Chapple Norton, but the marriage proved a most unhappy one, and she seperated from her husband. She died in 1878. Her story is said to have supplied the subject for George Meredith's novel 'Diana of the Crossways'." |
| Rights statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | No further use without permission. Contact university-archive@open.ac.uk |
| Image rights: | Hulton Deutsch/Getty Images |
| Identifier: | SL_143 |
