Caroline Norton's Defense: English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century

by Caroline Sheridan Norton

This account of the author's experience at the hands of an "imperfect state of law" in early 19th-century England makes a passionate plea for equal justice for women. Largely as a result of this book the passage of the Married Women's Property Act and reform of the English Marriage and Divorce Laws occurred some years later.

Genres: Nonfiction, School, History

184 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1854

About the author

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, née Sheridan, was a famous British society beauty, feminist, social reformer, and author of the early and mid nineteenth century.

Reviews

[Mir]

Although I know quite a bit about this topic already, I am thrilled to see a volume devoted to it!