176 - The (not so)Ideal Maternity Home

Published: June 28, 2022, 5 a.m.

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The Ideal Maternity Home was operated in Nova Scotia from 1928-1947 by Lila and William Young.\\xa0 The home served as a place for unwed mothers to give birth to their children outside the view of a disapproving society.\\xa0 It also had a much darker side: illegal adoptions without material consent or knowledge, disposal of "non-perfect" babies, indentured servitude, and horrible treatment of both mothers and children.\\xa0\\xa0

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