Victorian women, unwed mothers and the London Foundling Hospital
Sheetz-Nguyen, Jessica A.2012
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This volume addresses the questions of poverty, charity, and public welfare, taking the 19th-century London Foundling Hospital as its focus. It delineates the social rules that constructed the gendered world of the Victorian age, and uses 'respectability' as a factor for analysis.
Main title:
Victorian women, unwed mothers and the London Foundling Hospital / Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen.
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Imprint:
London : Continuum, 2012.
Collation:
208 p.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781441141125 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
Foundling Hospital (London, England)Unmarried mothers -- Services for -- England -- London -- History -- 19th centuryCharities -- England -- History -- 19th centuryPublic welfare -- England -- London -- History -- 19th centuryPoor -- Services for -- England -- London -- History -- 19th centurySocial classes -- England -- London -- History -- 19th centurySociety
BRN:
201330
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