Unfortunate Objects - E-book

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Unfortunate Objects - ENG

Lone Mothers In Eighteenth-century London

T. Evans

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ISBN:	9780230509856
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ciencias sociales
Subtema:	Estudios de Género
Año de publicación:	2005-10-11

This book analyzes how poor eighteenth-century London women coped when they found themselves pregnant, their survival networks and the consequences of bearing an illegitimate child. It does so by exploring the encounters between poor women and the parish as well as Londons lying-in hospitals and the Foundling Hospital. It suggests that unmarried mothers did not constitute a deviant minority within Londons plebeian community. In fact, many could expect to find compassion rather than ostracism a response to their plight. All poor mothers, left without the support of their childs father, shared similar strategies of survival and economies of makeshift.

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