Addresses the questions of poverty, charity, and public welfare, focusing on the nineteenth-century London Foundling Hospital. This title moves methodically from the broad social and geographical context of London and the Foundling Hospital itself, to the micro-historical case data of individual mothers and infants.
Addresses the questions of poverty, charity, and public welfare, focusing on the nineteenth-century London Foundling Hospital. This title moves methodically from the broad social and geographical context of London and the Foundling Hospital itself, to the micro-historical case data of individual mothers and infants.
Jessica Sheetz-Nguyen is Associate Professor of History at the University of Central Oklahoma, US. She teaches Women's History from a European and international perspective.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. 'There Can Be No Reason For Giving to Vice Privileges Which We Deny Misfortune': Legal Constraints for Victorian Mothers 2. 'Ornament of the Metropolis': Victorian Representation and Reality 3. Circumventing Social Geography: The Unwed Mother's Search for Respectability 4. 'When First Acquainted with Father I Was': Foundling Hospital Mothers and Fathers 5. 'Is My Own Name Really Required, For On That Everything Depends' 6. 'If You Will Kindly Take Her from Me, You Will Save My Character': Framing Respectability 7. 'Dear Mr Brownlow Will You Please Tell Me' Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index.
Introduction 1. 'There Can Be No Reason For Giving to Vice Privileges Which We Deny Misfortune': Legal Constraints for Victorian Mothers 2. 'Ornament of the Metropolis': Victorian Representation and Reality 3. Circumventing Social Geography: The Unwed Mother's Search for Respectability 4. 'When First Acquainted with Father I Was': Foundling Hospital Mothers and Fathers 5. 'Is My Own Name Really Required, For On That Everything Depends' 6. 'If You Will Kindly Take Her from Me, You Will Save My Character': Framing Respectability 7. 'Dear Mr Brownlow Will You Please Tell Me' Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index.
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