Talk: Victorian Women, Unwed Mothers

Join Jessica Sheetz-Nguyen, author of Victorian Women, Unwed Mothers and the London Foundling Hospital, for a talk about the Victorian working class women who brought their infants to the Foundling Hospital for adoption. Using detailed research into the Foundling Hospital petitions, she will provide clues to the true identities of the thousands of unwed mothers who went to the porter's gate on Guilford Street and requested a blank petition form. The talk will follow the woman’s steps right up to receiving day, when the petitioner handed her baby over to the nurse mother in the Foundling Hospital foyer.
Admission
Adults £8.25 (including voluntary Gift Aid donation of 75p) Concessions £5.50 (including voluntary Gift Aid donation of 50p) Children (up to sixteen years), Art Fund members and Foundling Friends visit FREE The small voluntary donation enables us, thanks to Gift Aid, to reclaim the tax you pay on the whole entry fee if you are a UK tax payer. Adults £7.50, concessions £5, without donation All exhibitions and displays are included with admission We are a National Trust partner, entitling members to 50% off admission on presentation of a valid National Trust England membership card

Website
http://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/events/talk/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/se000370?id=EVENT536097