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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2007.
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Colección: | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
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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.