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Greig, Jodi. Orphans in the 19th Century Victorian England. website. aacsessed Feb. 17, 2010. <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/agunn/
teaching/enl3251_spring2005/omf/GREIG.htm |
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Definition
| "The 'abandoned child' was society’s scapegoat- a person without a past, without connections, without status." |
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Greig, Jodi. Orphans in the 19th Century Victorian England. website. aacsessed Feb. 17, 2010. <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/agunn/
teaching/enl3251_spring2005/omf/GREIG.htm |
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Definition
| The upper and middle classes often had a somewhat romantic perception of them, due to their prevalence in Victorian literature. Novels like Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights made heroines/heroes out of orphans, portraying them as respectable yet troubled (Cunningham,'Orphan Texts'). However, orphans were also often treated with disdain and distrust, due to their reputation as 'criminally prone' individuals. |
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Greig, Jodi. Orphans in the 19th Century Victorian England. website. aacsessed Feb. 17, 2010. <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/agunn/
teaching/enl3251_spring2005/omf/GREIG.htm |
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Definition
| "...children were often considered 'orphans' if they had one surviving parent, had been abandoned by their family, or were forced out into the world because of overcrowding at home." |
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Term
Greig, Jodi. Orphans in the 19th Century Victorian England. website. aacsessed Feb. 17, 2010. <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/agunn/
teaching/enl3251_spring2005/omf/GREIG.htm |
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Definition
| "A very common fate of orphans was adoption. They were often taken in by relatives or neighbors, and even, on occasion, strangers wishing to raise them as their own children. " |
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Greig, Jodi. Orphans in the 19th Century Victorian England. website. aacsessed Feb. 17, 2010. <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/agunn/
teaching/enl3251_spring2005/omf/GREIG.htm |
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Definition
| "After the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1934, also known as the New Poor Law, orphanages and children’s homes were created for those who could not care for themselves." |
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Greig, Jodi. Orphans in the 19th Century Victorian England. website. aacsessed Feb. 17, 2010. <http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/agunn/
teaching/enl3251_spring2005/omf/GREIG.htm |
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Definition
| "Orphans would were not adopted nor entered an institution often became criminals. Indeed, an estimated 60% of the criminal population were orphans, at one point or another (Cunningham, “Orphan Texts”). They indulged in thievery or became prostitutes to survive" |
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