Luddy Maria
University of Warwick.
Womens Hist Rev. 2011;20(1):109-26. doi: 10.1080/09612025.2011.536393.
This article explores the changing experiences and representation of Ireland's unmarried mothers from 1880 to 1973. It focuses on the stigma of illegitimacy in political and cultural discourse and the representation of unmarried mothers as immoral and their children as a drain on resources. These remained constant themes within the discourse of unmarried motherhood in Ireland throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The article uses the records of philanthropic, government and religious organisations to chart the rising interest in the moral reformation of unmarried mothers at the end of the nineteenth century and rising tolerance towards them by the end of the twentieth century.
本文探讨了1880年至1973年间爱尔兰未婚母亲不断变化的经历和形象。它聚焦于政治和文化话语中私生子的污名，以及将未婚母亲描绘为不道德、将她们的孩子视为资源消耗者的现象。在整个19世纪和20世纪，这些一直是爱尔兰未婚母亲话语中的不变主题。本文利用慈善、政府和宗教组织的记录，来梳理19世纪末对未婚母亲道德改造的兴趣不断上升，以及20世纪末对她们的容忍度不断提高的情况。
