Responding, Akel MP Andreas Fakondis spoke of a double standard, in that an
unmarried mother is entitled to maternity leave, whereas an unmarried father is not.
The
Unmarried Mother (Sarah Snook), a writer of 'confessional stories' for women's magazines, bets he can tell the Barkeep (Ethan Hawke) the best story he's ever heard.
Album of the week offers to help an androgynous friend The
Unmarried Mother (Sarah Snook), who was born with male and female sex organs, rewrite the past using his Coordinate Transformer Field Kit, concealed in a violin case.
Fifty-four percent of black children were being raised by an
unmarried mother in the early 1990s; about 50 percent were in 2003.
Pat Thane and Tanya Evans rely heavily upon the records of the National Council for the
Unmarried Mother and Her Child (NCUMHC), which was established in 1918 and remains active today as Gingerbread.
Born in a mother and baby hospital to an
unmarried mother, Lorraine was fostered from birth until she was adopted at the age of 18 months.
Flashing back to a young
unmarried mother confined to a life of drudgery and privation in the convent's laundry at Roscrea, given access to her son for only one hour a day, Philomena was powerless to stop the nuns selling her beloved three-year-old boy to a wealthy, childless American couple.
The editors suggest, on the basis of a single, undated inter-governmental committee report, that
unmarried mother were retained for such long periods because they provided the free labour on which the institutions depended to function properly.
Among the revelations we can look forward to are those surrounding her great-great-grandmother who, after becoming an
unmarried mother, was called before the elders of her church to discuss her 'sins'.
Not surprisingly, the National Council for the
Unmarried Mother and her Child was less enthusiastic about adoption, explaining that it was important to have benefits and assistance available so that
unmarried mothers did not have to part with their children.
Her career almost ended before it began after she became pregnant at 17 but she survived the scandal of being a young
unmarried mother to become a massive star, scoring hits including the themes to the James Bond films Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever.
Perhaps one of the author's subsequent novels will be about Kate's life as a young
unmarried mother.