Misconceptions Unmarried Motherhood and the Ontario Children of Unmarried Parents Act 1921 1969 1st Edition by Lori Chambers ISBN 978-1442690585 1442690585

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ISBN 10:  1442690585

ISBN 13: 978-1442690585

Author: Lori Chambers

In 1921, despite the passing of legislation intended to ease the consequences of illegitimacy for children (Children of Unmarried Parents Act), reformers in Ontario made no effort to improve the status of unwed mothers. Furthermore, the reforms that were passed served as models for legislation in other provinces and even in some American states, institutionalizing, in essence, the prejudices evident throughout. Until now, historians have not sufficiently studied these measures, resulting in the marginalization of unwed mothers as historical subjects. In Misconceptions, Lori Chambers seeks to redress this oversight.

Table of contents: 

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

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