Rings very true for my dad's closed adoption in the 50s. We're still working to trace his Māori whakapapa after it was redacted in the process.
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Madam Snazzy
This is a devastating read. I've no words for the anguish and trauma that was perpetrated on women for the crime of being an unmarried mother.
My own mother was unmarried and I was born in this same period. What might have happened to us both if things had gone differently?
My own mother was unmarried and I was born in this same period. What might have happened to us both if things had gone differently?
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