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Granger / Shutterstock On the eve of the release of her new biography about Caroline Norton, The Case of the Married Woman, Lady Antonia Fraser has today unveiled a blue plaque from English Heritage at the 19th century women s rights campaigner s London home of 30 years at 3 Chesterfield Street. Born in London in 1808, Caroline married George Norton in 1827, going on to have three sons with him. The couple separated after years of domestic violence and Norton used the law to grant himself custody of their children. Caroline began lobbying for a change to the law - something that was passed in 1839. The Infant Custody Bill has been described as the first piece of feminist legislation. In 1852, Caroline was forced to begin lobbying for another law change, after her estranged husband stopped paying her allowance, while also channelling her earnings into his own bank accounts. Her arguments helped shape new laws protecting women s property and income as divorced or separated women.

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