04284nam 2200745 450 991045655810332120200520144314.01-4426-8457-710.3138/9781442684577(CKB)2430000000001351(EBL)4672342(SSID)ssj0000382266(PQKBManifestationID)12101735(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382266(PQKBWorkID)10411562(PQKB)10167987(CaBNvSL)slc00222065(CaPaEBR)424299(MiAaPQ)EBC3261283(MiAaPQ)EBC4672342(DE-B1597)464026(OCoLC)944177154(OCoLC)999360660(DE-B1597)9781442684577(Au-PeEL)EBL4672342(CaPaEBR)ebr11258012(OCoLC)958559077(EXLCZ)99243000000000135120160923h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMisconceptions unmarried motherhood and the Ontario Children of Unmarried Parents Act, 1921 to 1969 /Lori ChambersToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2007.©20071 online resource (274 p.)The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-8020-8246-7 0-8020-4463-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Foreword: The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History --Acknowledgments --Introduction --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 --Conclusions --Notes --Bibliography --Index --BackmatterIn 1921, despite the passing of legislation intended to ease the consequences of illegitimacy for children (Children of Unmarried Parents Act), reformers in Ontario made no effort to improve the status of unwed mothers. Furthermore, the reforms that were passed served as models for legislation in other provinces and even in some American states, institutionalizing, in essence, the prejudices evident throughout. Until now, historians have not sufficiently studied these measures, resulting in the marginalization of unwed mothers as historical subjects. In Misconceptions, Lori Chambers seeks to redress this oversight.By way of analysis and careful critique, Chambers shows that the solutions to unwed pregnancy promoted in the reforms of 1921 were themselves based upon misconceptions. The book also explores the experiences of unwed mothers who were subjected to the legislation of the time, thus shedding an invaluable light on these formerly ignored subjects. Ultimately, 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.Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.Unmarried mothersLegal status, laws, etcOntarioUnmarried mothersOntarioSocial conditions20th centuryParent and child (Law)OntarioPublic welfareOntarioHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Unmarried mothersLegal status, laws, etc.Unmarried mothersSocial conditionsParent and child (Law)Public welfareHistory346.71301/7Chambers Anne Lorene1965-946817Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456558103321Misconceptions2139093UNINA