Single Mothers and Their Children Disposal, Punishment and Survival in Australia |
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| Author:
| Swain, Shurlee
Howe, Renate |
| Series title: | Studies in Australian History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-47443-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1995 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $126.95 |
Book Description:
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This 1996 book is a powerful and moving history of the treatment of single mothers and their children in Australia. Covering the period from the 1850s through to 1975, when the legal status of illegitimacy was abolished, the authors explore continuity and change in areas such as infanticide, abortion, sex education and marriage.
This 1996 book is a powerful and moving history of the treatment of single mothers and their children in Australia. Covering the period from the 1850s through to 1975, when the legal status of illegitimacy was abolished, the authors explore continuity and change in areas such as infanticide, abortion, sex education and marriage.