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Unknown Author. "Victorian Concepts of Childhood" B.C Protestant Orphans' Home. 2007. <web.uvic.ca/vv/student/orphans/childhood.html>
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| "Orphanages were established to care for the children removed from unfit parents or those who had been abandoned or orphaned" |
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Unknown Author. "Victorian Concepts of Childhood" B.C Protestant Orphans' Home. 2007. <web.uvic.ca/vv/student/orphans/childhood.html>
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| "In Victoria the sudden increase in population from the gold rush of 1858 brought social problems including those involving child welfare." |
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Unknown Author. "Victorian Concepts of Childhood" B.C Protestant Orphans' Home. 2007. <web.uvic.ca/vv/student/orphans/childhood.html>
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| "Children who had once laboured on the land in small communities were increasingly employed in factories as their working class parents sought the economic opportunities of the cities." |
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Unknown Author. "Victorian Concepts of Childhood" B.C Protestant Orphans' Home. 2007. <web.uvic.ca/vv/student/orphans/childhood.html>
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| "Working and living conditions for the working classes grew increasingly harsh " |
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Unknown Author. "Victorian Concepts of Childhood" B.C Protestant Orphans' Home. 2007. <web.uvic.ca/vv/student/orphans/childhood.html>
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| "Reformers viewed the living conditions of many working class children as unacceptable" |
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Unknown Author. "Victorian Concepts of Childhood" B.C Protestant Orphans' Home. 2007. <web.uvic.ca/vv/student/orphans/childhood.html>
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"Children were rescued from family situations deemed by the reformers to be unfit and were institutionalized for their own protection. "
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