Workhouse pregnancies (General)

by RogerrGriffiths , Swindon, Monday, February 23, 2015, 16:42 (3572 days ago) @ Jefff

I think you have covered all angles Jeff. Including single women, without support, about to give birth going to the workhouse to have the child. Certainly not workhouses being dens of promiscuity. I think the sexes were separated anyway. Reminds me of Far from the Madding Crowd. Sergeant Troy gets a young woman with child, abandons her for Bathsheba, only to realise he truly loves her. The unfortunate young woman, can't remember her name, gets to the doors of the workhouse, only to die.