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HIGGINBOTHAM, ANN ROWELL.

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THE UNMARRIED MOTHER AND HER CHILD IN VICTORIAN LONDON, 1834-1914 (ILLEGITIMACY, ENGLAND).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	THE UNMARRIED MOTHER AND HER CHILD IN VICTORIAN LONDON, 1834-1914 (ILLEGITIMACY, ENGLAND)./
Author:	HIGGINBOTHAM, ANN ROWELL.
Description:	357 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-09, Section: A, page: 2784.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International46-09A.
Subject:	History, European. -
Online resource:	http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/8525362
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=8525362

THE UNMARRIED MOTHER AND HER CHILD IN VICTORIAN LONDON, 1834-1914 (ILLEGITIMACY, ENGLAND).
HIGGINBOTHAM, ANN ROWELL.

THE UNMARRIED MOTHER AND HER CHILD IN VICTORIAN LONDON, 1834-1914 (ILLEGITIMACY, ENGLAND). - 357 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-09, Section: A, page: 2784.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 1985.

The plight of the pregnant single woman formed a common theme for Victorian reformers, clergymen, philanthropists, and medical men. Nineteenth-century observers described the unmarried mother as a seduced and deserted outcast with little choice other than suicide, infanticide, or prostitution. A close examination of the experience of Victorian unmarried mothers suggests that only exceptional cases conformed to stereotypes about the dismal fate awaiting fallen women. Such stereotypes were based as much on expectations about the impact of moral sanctions and preconceptions about the nature of women as on recognition of the serious problems facing any woman trying to support herself and a child.Subjects--Topical Terms:

1018076
History, European.

THE UNMARRIED MOTHER AND HER CHILD IN VICTORIAN LONDON, 1834-1914 (ILLEGITIMACY, ENGLAND).
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520 $a Throughout the nineteenth century, unmarried mothers resorted most often to the workhouse, either to give birth or to seek shelter during a period of illness or unemployment. For most unmarried mothers, the workhouse was a temporary refuge, but, for those who failed to make the transition to self-sufficiency after the birth of an illegitimate child or who gave birth to a series of illegitimate children, the workhouse could become a prison. By the late nineteenth century, a variety of London-based charitable agencies, including the Salvation Army, had begun offering help to pregnant single women. These organizations sought to shape the lives of the women under their care, but they also provided an alternative to the workhouse for many young unmarried mothers.
520 $a Few unmarried mothers fit the stereotype of the forlorn and friendless seduced woman. Most became pregnant while "walking out" with men of their own class. Although the unmarried mother's family may have disapproved of her actions, they often maintained ties with her, providing shelter before and after her birth of the child and sometimes caring for the infant while she worked. Those women without a network of family or neighborhood support faced more difficulties in securing aid outside the workhouse and may more often have found themselves on trial for child murder. The mothers of illegitimate children experienced many problems, given the low levels of pay for working-class women and the limited services provided by the Victorian state, but they adopted a variety of strategies, including the use of available institutions, court-ordered child support, and traditional forms of childcare to handle the crisis of an illegitimate birth.
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