Rachel Fuchs shows how poor urban women in Paris negotiated their environment, and in some respects helped shape it, in their attempt to cope with their problems of poverty and pregnancy. She reveals who the women were and provides insight into the nature of their work and living arrangements. With dramatic detail, and drawing on actual court testimonies, Fuchs portrays poor women's childbirth experiences, their use of charity and welfare, and their recourse to abortion and infanticide as desperate alternatives to motherhood.
Rachel Fuchs shows how poor urban women in Paris negotiated their environment, and in some respects helped shape it, in their attempt to cope with their problems of poverty and pregnancy. She reveals who the women were and provides insight into the nature of their work and living arrangements. With dramatic detail, and drawing on actual court testimonies, Fuchs portrays poor women's childbirth experiences, their use of charity and welfare, and their recourse to abortion and infanticide as desperate alternatives to motherhood.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Poor and Pregnant Chapter 2. Immorality and Motherhood: 1830-1870 Chapter 3. Depopulation and Motherhood: 1870-1914 Chapter 4. Morality and Motherhood: Women's Voices Chapter 5. Charity and Welfare for the Pregnant Poor Chapter 6. Charity and Welfare for New Mothers and Infants Chapter 7. Mothers on Welfare Chapter 8. Birth Control and Abortion Chapter 9. Infanticide and Child Abandonment Conclusion Notes Archival Sources Selected Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Poor and Pregnant Chapter 2. Immorality and Motherhood: 1830-1870 Chapter 3. Depopulation and Motherhood: 1870-1914 Chapter 4. Morality and Motherhood: Women's Voices Chapter 5. Charity and Welfare for the Pregnant Poor Chapter 6. Charity and Welfare for New Mothers and Infants Chapter 7. Mothers on Welfare Chapter 8. Birth Control and Abortion Chapter 9. Infanticide and Child Abandonment Conclusion Notes Archival Sources Selected Bibliography Index
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