The extraordinary story of the first campaigner for women's rights in the legal system
Diane Atkinson was born in the North-East and educated in Cornwall and London, where she completed a PhD on the politics of women's sweated labour. At the Museum of London she worked as a lecturer and curator specializing in women's history. She has an MA from the University of East Anglia in Life-writing. She is the author of Suffragettes in Pictures, Funny Girls- Cartooning for Equality, Love and Dirt- The Marriage of Arthur Munby and Hannah Cullwick, and Elsie and Mairi Go To War, published in 2009.
The liberating life story of the first feminist legislator
*Kathy Lette*
Diane Atkinson has written the definitive account of one of the
most important trials of the nineteenth century - that of Caroline
Norton's fight to keep her children. The Criminal Conversation of
Mrs Norton is an important and necessary book. It also happens to
be beautifully written and extremely entertaining. Diane Atkinson
has resurrected a nineteenth century heroine in the twentieth-first
century.
*Amanda Foreman*
Caroline Norton took her fight to see her children to the highest
court in the land and changed the lot of mothers for ever. Diane
Atkinson tells her story with a clarity and wit that makes it a
pleasure to read.
*Joan Bakewell*
Expertly researched and finely written... Mrs Norton’s journey from
abused wife to passionate reformer is as moving as it is
fascinating, and Atkinson’s richly detailed work does her subject
the justice she deserves.
*BBC History Magazine*
Diane Atkinson’s captivating fifth book...pacy book that’s as
bright and fascinating as its heroine.
*Independent on Sunday*
Thrillingly readable biography
(5 Stars)
*Mail on Sunday*
Atkinson’s meticulous research shines when she describes the
impossible position of women like Caroline.
*Express*
It is a brave book, written with verve and veracity.
*The Times*
Poignant and inspirational this is the well-crafted story of a
fascinating heroine and her fight to save her family.
*Daily Express 5/5 stars*
Absorbing
*Daily Mail*
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