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From the 1950's to the 1970's babies were frequently taken away from unmarried mothers without any other reason simply because unmarried mothers were considered unsuitable parents. [13] [14] The Catholic Church, Church of England and the Salvation Army ran, “mother and baby homes” and UK adoption agencies. [15]
As such, for unmarried pregnant girls and women in the pre-Roe era, the main chance for attaining home and marriage rested on their acknowledging their alleged shame and guilt, and this required relinquishing their children, with more than 80% of unwed mothers in maternity homes acting in essence as "breeders" for adoptive parents. [10]
Maternity hospitals in the UK can be traced back to the 18th century. In 1939 there were about 2,100 maternity beds in London. Most women gave birth at home. At the outbreak of war most of these beds were closed and women were encouraged to leave the capital to give birth. Travel expenses were paid and 14 shillings a day for the five weeks ...
An estimated 185,000 children were taken away from unmarried mothers and adopted between 1949 and 1976 in England and Wales. Government should apologise to unmarried mothers ‘railroaded’ into ...
The Bessborough Mother & Baby Home, (also known as the Bessborough Sacred Heart Home) was a home for mothers and their children that operated in Blackrock, County Cork, Ireland, from 1922 until 1998. It was included in an investigation by the Irish government following the discovery of hundreds of bodies at Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in ...
Mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, Tuam, Galway View of the mass grave at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, Tuam, County Galway. The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home (also known as St Mary's Mother and Baby Home, or locally simply as The Home), [1] which operated between 1925 and 1961 in the town of Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, was a maternity home for unmarried mothers ...
Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family is a book by the British sociologist Dennis Marsden based on a study with the same name in 1955–1966. The aim of the study is to learn more about the lives of mothers living alone, whether they are unmarried, separated, divorced, or widowed.
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