The Problem of Lone Parenthood in the 21st Century

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The NCOPF archive - tracing the history of lone parenthood

Updated October 2007

One Parent Families|Gingerbread's archive, containing materials going back to the charity's foundation in 1918, has been donated to The Women's Library.

From October 2007 to March 2008, the Women's Library hosted the exhibition 'Sinners, scroungers and saints: lone monthers, past and present' in collaboration with One Parent Families|Gingerbread.

The archive launch

The opening of the archive was marked at a seminar at the Library in November 2003 , which traced the history of one-parent families and the charity, and how historic themes and policies resonate with the present-day.

Speakers were Rt Hon Baroness Hollis of Heigham, Beatrix Campbell, Professor Jane Millar, Professor Carol Smart, Professor Hilary Land, Mavis Maclean and Professor Pat Thane.

Here you can read a transcript of the seminar discussion, and view the speakers' presentations.

Supported by the Webb Memorial Trust.

Contents:

Changing Landscapes of Family Life: Parents, Children & Divorce (PDF, 60 KB)

Understanding lone-parent employment (PDF, 54 KB)

Maintenance: more of the same or different? (PDF, 18 KB)

Opening Remarks

Social Policy in the 19th and 20th Century

Lone Parents and the Law, Mavis Maclean CBE

Lone Parents and the Law: Discussion

Changing Landscapes of Family Life: Parents, Children and Divorce

Changing Landscapes of Family Life: Discussion

Lone Parents in the 1970s and 80s- More of the Same or Different?

Lone Parents in the 1970s and 80s: Discussion

Conference Summary, Professor Pat Thane

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