Early foster care gave poor women power, 17th-century records reveal
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A rare collection of 300-year-old petitions gives voice to the forgotten women who cared for England’s most vulnerable children while battling their local authorities.
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Original Title: 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