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Infant Custody Bill
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Infant Custody Bill

United Kingdom [1839]
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  • Caroline Norton, detail of an oil painting by John Hayter.
    Caroline Norton

    …were instrumental in introducing the Infant Custody Bill, which was finally carried in 1839. In 1855 she was again involved in a lawsuit because her husband not only refused to pay her allowance but demanded the proceeds of her books. Her eloquent letters of protest to Queen Victoria (English Laws…

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    …were instrumental in introducing the Infant Custody Bill, which was finally carried in 1839. In 1855 she was again involved in a lawsuit because her husband not only refused to pay her allowance but demanded the proceeds of her books. Her eloquent letters of protest to Queen Victoria (English Laws…

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