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Changing attitudes in society permit more and more unwed mothers to keep their babies and go about life as usual, as seen in the picture above. Fewer (...)
Changing attitudes in society permit more and more unwed mothers to keep their babies and go about life as usual, as seen in the picture above. Fewer (...)

Changing attitudes in society permit more and more unwed mothers to keep their babies and go about life as usual, as seen in the picture above. Fewer (...)

Date1/7/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: Changing attitudes in society permit more and more unwed mothers to keep their babies and go about life as usual; as seen in the picture above. Fewer pregnant unmarried girls are going to maternity homes for the same reason. This young mother and her son enjoy walking in a Toronto park in the late afternoon.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0021557F
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