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With George Norton's knowledge and permission Melbourne began to visit Caroline Norton regularly. Other visitors followed, and Caroline became increasingly established as a Whig political salonniere. Melbourne eventually found an appointment for George Norton as a magistrate, with an income of £1000 per year.
Caroline Norton is largely a forgotten figure but her story is timeless. It reflects the injustice women endured in Victorian society and continue to suffer today. So many elements of Caroline’s story will resonate with women – women who have escaped violence, fought for custody of their children – their struggle was her struggle.
Caroline Norton, née Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Sheridan (1808-1877), was a renowned beauty, fashionable salon hostess, recognised poet and novelist, and above all, a successful polemicist who contributed to the reform of unjust laws concerning married women in Victorian Britain. Her circle of friends included William Makepeace Thackeray, Mary ...
8 de ago. de 2021 · Caroline Norton. Aug 8, 2021. Detail of Maria-Louisa Phipps (née Campbell), Samuel Rogers, Caroline, Lady Stirling-Maxwell, by Frank Stone (died 1859), given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1921. Born in London on 22nd March 1808, Caroline sheridan Norton was part of an influential and grand but poor family, the Sheridans.
Hace 2 días · Conflict with the odious George Norton forced Caroline into political activism again in 1853, when he demanded her inheritance and the proceeds of her publications. By law, he was entitled; as a woman, she had little recourse—she was a legal nonentity, with no right to own property, bring lawsuits, or make contracts.
20 de nov. de 2021 · Apenas con 19 años, Caroline contrajo matrimonio con George Norton, abogado y miembro de la facción política reaccionaria, monárquica y tradicionalista de los tory. El matrimonio fue infeliz y Caroline padeció las vejaciones físicas y psíquicas de un marido ambicioso que decidió utilizar la ley para avanzar en su carrera política.
