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It was a feminist, not “the Patriarchy,” who wrote, lobbied for, and pushed through the legislation to make maternal custody the default

Topic: Feminist Activism

Source

Citation: A Plain Letter to the Lord Chancellor on the Infant Custody Bill

Author(s): Norton

Institution(s):

Link: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/vwwp/view?docId=VAB7126&doc.view=print

Nation(s): United Kingdom

Year(s): 1839

Source: Primary

Type: Historical Document

Discussion

Other Notes:

Source of “the Tender Years Doctrine” | Many of the “reductio ad absurdums” that Norton resorted to in order to justify the legislation have actually come true