Misconceptions : unmarried motherhood and the Ontario Children of Unmarried Parents Act, 1921 to 1969 / Lori Chambers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chambers, Lori, 1965- author.

Contributor:

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

Series:

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.

The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontario. Children of Unmarried Parents Act.

Ontario.

Unmarried mothers--Legal status, laws, etc--Ontario.

Unmarried mothers.

Unmarried mothers--Ontario--Social conditions--20th century.

Parent and child (Law)--Ontario.

Parent and child (Law).

Public welfare--Ontario--History--20th century.

Public welfare.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Misconceptions argues that child welfare measures which simultaneously seek to rescue children and punish errant women will not, and cannot, succeed in alleviating child or maternal poverty.

Contents:

1. 'Such a program of legislation': illegitimacy and law reform

2. 'Doubtful of her veracity': procedures and judgment under the Children of Unmarried Parents Act

3. 'I did not bring this child into the world by myself': stories of unwed pregnancy

4. 'Best for our babies': the adoption mandate

5. 'Haunted by bills': lone motherhood and poverty

6. 'Known as Mrs S': cohabitation and the Children of Unmarried Parents Act.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-9058-5

1-4426-8457-7

OCLC:

944177154