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Catherine Ostler Lady Antonia Fraser British Library 'outrageous women' talk


Rebecca Cope
On Friday 21 May, the British Library in association with HistFest will digitally host ‘Outrageous Women: The Remarkable Lives of Elizabeth Chudleigh and Caroline Norton’, streamed via video. The writers will be in conversation with fellow author Hallie Rubenhold, as they discuss two women who defied society’s conventions to fearlessly forge their own paths.
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Outrageous Women: The Remarkable Lives of Elizabeth Chudleigh and Caroline Norton


With Lady Antonia Fraser and Catherine Ostler in conversation with Hallie Rubenhold
This is an online event hosted on the British Library platform. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time.
The stories of two women who refused to be defined by society’s expectations.
Award winning historian Antonia Fraser introduces Caroline Norton, a 19th-century poet and pamphleteer who became a pioneering women’s rights activist at a time when married women and their children were considered their husband’s property.
Having fallen victim to a botched court case brought by her husband, the MP George Norton, alleging her adultery with the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, she fought back against multiple injustices as a campaigner. The Infant Custody Act of 1839 was a landmark achievement. ....

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