Early foster care gave poor women power, 17th-century records reveal: Rare collection of surviving petitions submitted to the Lancashire quarter sessions courts between 1660 and 1720 give voice to some of the most inaccessible women in history

Early foster care gave poor women power, 17th-century records reveal: Rare collection of surviving petitions submitted to the Lancashire quarter sessions courts between 1660 and 1720 give voice to some of the most inaccessible women in history

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