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Introduction Introduction
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Gendering blame? An examination of gender in cases involving offences against children in Ireland, 1900–50 Gendering blame? An examination of gender in cases involving offences against children in Ireland, 1900–50
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Deserted wives Deserted wives
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The cases The cases
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‘The Society for wives and children’: wife-beating and the NSPCC ‘The Society for wives and children’: wife-beating and the NSPCC
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Wife-beating in the nineteenth-century Wife-beating in the nineteenth-century
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Insanity and ‘murdering one’s wife’ Insanity and ‘murdering one’s wife’
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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6 Gender, familial problems and the NSPCC
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Published:November 2013
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Abstract
As with incestuous abuse, recourse was limited for women in situations of domestic violence and desertion in Ireland. The NSPCC was, however, a port of call where wives who were also mothers could turn to for advice. Chapter Six addresses this topic, and in particular the treatment of women in their social role as mothers and wives. While the help they received was restricted, the Society did utilise its connections with branches in Britain and the United States to track husbands who had deserted their families and attempted to procure maintenance. The chapter also demonstrates that gender bias was inherent in child protection work and the development of welfare in Ireland. Changing discourse on the role of mothers and fathers can be observed in legislation, but also in prosecutions for cruelty to children in the courts. This is of interest to the debate on child protection, but also debates on changing attitudes to motherhood and fatherhood; gender in the Irish Free State; and the role of the family in Irish society.
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