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Abstract
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The checkered career of a major social welfare institution appears to be near its end. Maternity homes as the major service to unmarried mothers face an uncertain future, with few indicators of a reversal in this current trend. The provision of social services as an expression of society's conern for the problems of unwed mothers has invariably been accompanied by a dynamic combination of deep feelings of prejudice and ambivalence. However, the current uncertainty of their status; the confusion in attitudes and conflicting opinions about the value and purpose of homes for unmarried mothers are being expressed by the principal actors in this social welfare scene: the unmarried mothers themselves, social workers who constitute the main supporters of this service and administrators of homes responsible for the provision of residential care.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Samuel O.
(1973)
"Maternity Homes: The Case of a Dying Institution.,"
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.1009
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