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Misconceptions : Unmarried Motherhood and the Ontario Children of Unmarried Parents Act, 1921-1969.

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chambers, Lori
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Colección:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • 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
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W.