What would life had been like for a girl 19 yrs. old who was pregnant but not married in the year 1885? Would she be kept at home - hidden? Would she be shipped off with an excuse for her missing time? How would she be treated when she returned? Does anyone have stories pertaining to this situation? Dianne Ingram in Oregon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Probably the same thing that would have happened in the 1960's. She would go "on vacation", probably to a distant relative, have the baby, give it up for adoption, and then return home after her "vacation". Linda > -----Original Message----- > From: Dianne Ingram [mailto:diannein@yahoo.com] > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 11:37 PM > To: ILEFFING-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILEFFING-L] What would life had been like in 1885 > > What would life had been like for a girl 19 yrs. old > who was pregnant but not married in the year 1885? > > Would she be kept at home - hidden? > Would she be shipped off with an excuse for her > missing time? > > How would she be treated when she returned? > > Does anyone have stories pertaining to this situation? > > Dianne Ingram in Oregon > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== ILEFFING Mailing List ==== > If you want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to ILEFFING- > L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the > digest list) ILEFFING-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or > unsubscribe in the message body.