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Single Mothers in Twentieth-Century Ireland and Britain : Pregnancy, Migration and Institutionalization.

Bloomsbury Collections: History 2025 Available online

Bloomsbury Collections: History 2025
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Grimes, Lorraine, author.
Contributor:
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Single mothers--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Single mothers.
Single mothers--Ireland--History--20th century.
Single mothers--Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.
Single mothers--Ireland--Social conditions--20th century.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Edition:
1st edition.
Place of Publication:
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
Summary:
An original study of unmarried motherhood in Britain and Ireland from 1926-1973.
Contents:
Cover
Contents
Acknowledgements
Terms and Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Migration Stigma
2 "Morality" and Institutionalization
3 The Cost of Care in Britain
4 Experiences of Institutionalization and Maternity Care
5 Illegal and Forced Adoption
6 Repatriation
7 What about the Fathers?
8 Deinstitutionalization and Advocacy for Single Mothers
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
1-350-51519-1
1-350-55580-0
1-350-51518-3
OCLC:
1526862640

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