Hughes, A. and Meek, J. (2014) State regulation, family breakdown and lone motherhood: the hidden costs of World War I in Scotland. Journal of Family History, 39(4), pp. 364-387. (doi: 10.1177/0363199014548826) (PMID:26538794) (PMCID:PMC4613732)
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Abstract
Using a range of parish records, records from the Registrar General of Scotland, charity organizations, and media reports, this article contributes to the historiography which evaluates the effects of World War I in Britain as well as the history of lone mothers and their children. It highlights how during the war, women, especially lone mothers, made significant gains through the welfare system, changing approaches to illegitimacy and the plentiful nature of women’s work but also how in doing so this brought them under greater surveillance by the state, local parishes, and charity organizations. Moreover, as this article will demonstrate, many of the gains made by women were short-lived and in fact the war contributed to high levels of family breakdown and gendered and intergenerational poverty endured by lone mothers and their children.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Meek, Dr Jeff and Hughes, Dr Annmarie |
| Authors: | Hughes, A., and Meek, J. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Economic and Social History |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Family History |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| ISSN: | 0363-1990 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1552-5473 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2014 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Family History 39(4):364-387 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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