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Caroline Sheridan Norton: A soldier of...

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A soldier of the legion lay dying in Algiers --
There was a lack of woman's nursing,
There was dearth of woman's tears.

Source: Bingen on the Rhine, St. 1.
-- Caroline Sheridan Norton, (Mar 22 1808-1877), English poet, novelist; Her matrimonial difficulties and efforts to secure legal protection for married women made her a notorious figure in mid-Victorian society.


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