Poor and Pregnant in Paris: Strategies for Survival in the Nineteenth Century

by Rachel G. Fuchs

Book Overview

In their attempt to cope with the daunting problems of poverty and pregnancy, poor women in nineteenth-century France struggled with their environment and in some respects helped shape it. Rachel Fuchs reveals who these women were and how they survived. With dramatic detail, and drawing on actual hospital records and court testimonies, Fuchs portrays poor women's childbirth experiences, their use of charity and welfare, and their recourse to abortion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081351780X
• ISBN13: 9780813517803
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"