A Drunken Mother

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Abstract

This 1861 item and illustration, from The Band of Hope Review, evokes primitive fears of abusive mothers and taboos against women drinking. The magazine was aimed at a child audience.

A DRUNKEN MOTHER.

OH, how sad is the lot of the poor child, who has a drunken mother. And yet there are not a few of such mothers in this professedly Christian land. We could …


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