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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807110403321

Autore

Chambers Anne Lorene <1965->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2007

ISBN

1-4426-9058-5

1-4426-8457-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Collana

The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Disciplina

346.71301/7

Soggetti

Unmarried mothers - Legal status, laws, etc - Ontario

Unmarried mothers - Ontario - Social conditions - 20th century

Parent and child (Law) - Ontario

Public welfare - Ontario - History - 20th century

History

Electronic books.

Ontario

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.