Matthew Davenport Hill
(a lawyer, member of parliament, and friend of BLSB
, who had also advised in her composition of the pamphlet), brought it to the attention of the Law Amendment Society
and they...
Reception
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
BLSB
's pamphlet aroused controversy over women's legal status and helped to initiate the campaign for its reform.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
71, 76
It was instrumental in gaining the support of the Personal Laws Committee of the Law Amendment Society
Textual Production
Caroline Frances Cornwallis
She wrote this article at the height of the parliamentary debates on the legal rights of married women. Despite being very ill, CFC
was determined to participate in this discourse and give aid to a...
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
85
23 February 1856: Member of Parliament Sir Stafford Henry Northcote...
National or international item
23 February 1856
Member of Parliament Sir Stafford Henry Northcote
announced that he supported reform of the laws pertaining to women, based on a concern for working-class women.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
85
: The Law Amendment Society released its Report...
National or international item
Spring 1856
The Law Amendment Society
released its Report of the Personal Laws Committee on the Laws Relating to the Property of Married Women.
Shanley, Mary Lyndon. Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England. Princeton University Press, 1989.
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31 May 1856: The Law Amendment Society conducted an open...