Unmarried Motherhood in the Metropolis, 1700-1850 Pregnancy, the Poor Law and Provision /

• Main Author: Williams, Samantha (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Social history.; Great Britain-History.; Civilization-History.; Women.; Law-History.; Social History.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Cultural History.; Women's Studies.; Legal History.

In this book Samantha Williams examines illegitimacy, unmarried parenthood and the old and new poor laws in a period of rising illegitimacy and poor relief expenditure. In doing so, she explores the experience of being an unmarried mother from courtship and conception, through the discovery of pregn...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: illegitimacy in London
• 2. Shame
• 3. Pregnant and birthing bodies
• 4. The workhouse
• 5. Maintenance
• 6. Punishment
• 7. Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography.-Index.