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Workhouses were where poor people who had no job or home lived. They earned their keep by doing jobs in the workhouse. Also in the workhouses were orphaned (children without parents) and abandoned children, the physically and mentally sick, the disabled, the elderly and unmarried mothers.
The "impotent poor" were those unable to look after themselves, like the very old, the very young, the sick, crippled, unmarried mothers, the blind and insane and the "able bodied poor" were those who had no work and therefore did not have any money to live on.
they are cool
They were expected to live with a family.
If you're talking about the Victorian era, they're treated poorly. poor people lived in workhouses working up to 12 hrs a day for under above the age of 4. They eight mostly bread and cheese but some of them were so hungry they did eat the bones that was used for the fertilizer.
The people were treated poorly at workhouses.
Workhouses were where poor people who had no job or home lived. They earned their keep by doing jobs in the workhouse. Also in the workhouses were orphaned (children without parents) and abandoned children, the physically and mentally sick, the disabled, the elderly and unmarried mothers.
they were raped in their tiny beds and they were always having babies xx
The "impotent poor" were those unable to look after themselves, like the very old, the very young, the sick, crippled, unmarried mothers, the blind and insane and the "able bodied poor" were those who had no work and therefore did not have any money to live on.
A. McCashin has written: 'Lone mothers in Ireland' -- subject(s): Single mothers, Unmarried mothers, Maternal and infant welfare
Melissa Ludtke has written: 'On our own' -- subject(s): Unmarried mothers, Single mothers, Biography
Susan MacDonnell has written: 'Vulnerable mothers, vulnerable children' -- subject(s): Unmarried mothers, Nova Scotia
Soledad Guevara Tapia has written: 'Madresolterismo' -- subject(s): Illegitimacy, Single mothers, Unmarried mothers
Infants born to infected mothers may be treated with medications even if they show few or no signs of infection.
they are cool
They were expected to live with a family.
because it was hoped that it would get rid of poverty and people living on the street.