"Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877." . . . . "Feminists / England / Biography." . . "Feminists England Biography." . "Féministes Grande-Bretagne Biographies 19e siècle." . . "1800 - 1899" . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations." . . "Femmes Droits Grande-Bretagne 19e siècle." . . "HISTORY Europe Great Britain." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies." . . "Women / Legal status, laws, etc / England / History / 19th century." . . "Women Legal status, laws, etc. England History 19th century." . "England." . . "Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877 Political and social views." . . "Biographies"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "The biography of Caroline Sheridan Norton who was accused by her husband of \"criminal conversation\" (adultery) in Victorian England. After a not-guilty verdict humiliated her husband, Caroline was cut off, leaving her destitute and forbidden from seeing her sons. For the next thirty years Caroline campaigned for women and battled male-dominated Victorian society, helping to write the Infant Custody Act (1839), and influenced the Matrimonial Causes (Divorce) Act (1857) and the Married Women's Property Act (1870), which gave women a separate legal identity for the first time."@en . . "The criminal conversation of Mrs Norton"@en . "The criminal conversation of Mrs Norton" . . . . . . . "Criminal conversation of Mistress Norton" . . "The criminal conversation of Mrs. Norton"@en . "The criminal conversation of Mrs. Norton" . . "Biography"@en . "Biography" . . "The Criminal Conversation of Mrs. Norton Victorian England's \"\"Scandal of the Century\"\" and the Fallen Socialite Who Changed Women's Lives Fore"@en . . . . . . . . . "The Criminal Conversation of Mrs. Norton Victorian England's \"scandal of the century\" and the fallen socialite who changed women's lives forever"@en . . "Criminal conversation of Mrs. Norton" . . . . "The criminal conversation of Mrs. Norton : Victorian England's \"scandal of the century\" and the fallen socialite who changed women's lives forever"@en . . "Westminster, London, 22 June 1836. It is a fine, fresh morning that will become hot as the day progresses. Crowds are gathering at the Court of Common Pleas. On trial is Caroline Sheridan, a beautiful and clever young woman who had been manoeuvred into marrying the Honourable George Norton when she was just nineteen."@en . . "History" . . "History"@en . . . . . "A forgotten heroine of the women's rights movement is rescued from obscurity in this biography of Caroline Norton, a respected poet, songwriter, and socialite whose 1836 adultery trial rocked Victorian England. When George Norton accused his wife of having an affair with the British Prime Minister he sparked what was considered \"the scandal of the century.\" Though she was declared innocent, the humiliated George locked Caroline out of their home, seized her manuscripts, letters, clothes, jewels, and every penny of her earnings, and refused to le." . "A forgotten heroine of the women's rights movement is rescued from obscurity in this biography of Caroline Norton, a respected poet, songwriter, and socialite whose 1836 adultery trial rocked Victorian England. When George Norton accused his wife of having an affair with the British Prime Minister he sparked what was considered \"the scandal of the century.\" Though she was declared innocent, the humiliated George locked Caroline out of their home, seized her manuscripts, letters, clothes, jewels, and every penny of her earnings, and refused to le."@en . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en .