BBC RADIO 4: An Alternative History of Mothering

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She then visits the Southwell Workhouse in Nottinghamshire with Kate Gibson to explore how, while middle-class mothers were being increasingly idealised, mothers at the other end of the social scale were being separated from their children and judged to be ‘bad’ through their inability to provide appropriate care for them.

Period11 Jun 2019

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  • TitleAn Alternative History of Mothering
    Media name/outletBBC Radio 4
    Media typeRadio
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date11/06/19
    DescriptionShe then visits the Southwell Workhouse in Nottinghamshire with Kate Gibson to explore how, while middle-class mothers were being increasingly idealised, mothers at the other end of the social scale were being separated from their children and judged to be ‘bad’ through their inability to provide appropriate care for them.
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003sz2
    PersonsKate Gibson

Keywords

  • motherhood
  • history
  • workhouses