Huddleston, Joan, and Caroline Norton. “Introduction”. Caroline Norton’s Defense, Academy Chicago, 1982, p. I - XIII.
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Court of Common Pleas
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Caroline Norton | George Norton
initiated divorce proceedings by bringing an action in the Court of Common Pleas
against Lord Melbourne
, then the Prime Minister, for criminal conversation (i.e. adultery) with CN
. Poovey, Mary. Uneven Developments: The Ideological Work of Gender in Mid-Victorian England. University of Chicago Press, 1988. 63 Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995. 8 |
Timeline
7 November 1868
Women who claimed their right to vote lost in the case of Chorlton v. Lings, heard by the Court of Common Pleas
.