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Looking for non fiction books or essays about pregnancy (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Gene_freeman@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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Hey, I'm working on a video essay right now about Stephen Kings "The breathing method" which talks a lot about the general societal shittiness of being a single mother in the 1920s and I'm looking for essays or non fiction books about this topic or the general societal expectations of pregnancy but I don't know where to start, any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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[–] iconic_ironic_trash@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I don’t have anything specific in mind but take a look at the poor law from the Victorian era. Lots of parishes in the U.K. refused to help single mothers if they had given birth outside of marriage.