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Episode 2.9. Illegitimate Birth in the 18th Century with Dr Kate Gibson

Dirty Sexy History

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I Love My Child Very Much

A lot of parents had very little choices or what choices they had were incredibly limited. The vast majority of evidence that we have from women themselves in their own words is that they think they are doing the best thing for that child. A single parent household cannot earn enough money to care for a child, especially one that can't work yet as a small child. And so really they had, it's a choice between separation from your child or starvation for both of you.

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