would it be usual for an unmarried girl - aged 16 - to have her baby in the workhouse? She is described as a "Pit Brow Woman". I can only think she was in the workhouse for her confinement, not because she was homeless & penniless.
The baby in question was brought up by her grandmother, so its not as though she'd disowned her wayward daughter...
The baby in question was brought up by her grandmother, so its not as though she'd disowned her wayward daughter...
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