CarveHerName on Nostr: #OnThisDay, 15 Dec 1838, Caroline Norton uses a pen name to publish a pamphlet ...

#OnThisDay, 15 Dec 1838, Caroline Norton uses a pen name to publish a pamphlet campaigning for the Infant Custody Bill.

Until the bill was passed, in 1839, divorced women had no custody rights over their children as they were seen as the father's property.

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