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In Downton Abbey, a housemaid gets pregnant out of wedlock, is fired without a reference, and ends up as a sex worker. What options would a working class unwed mother in 1919 England have had?

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In the musical Hamilton, Hamilton's marriage into a wealthy family is jokingly toasted with "To the newly not poor of us". Is this entirely a reference to a dowry, or could a man in such a situation expect further financial support from his wife's family?

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In Downton Abbey, a housemaid gets pregnant out of wedlock, is fired without a reference, and ends up as a sex worker. What options would a working class unwed mother in 1919 England have had?	676
In the musical Hamilton, Hamilton's marriage into a wealthy family is jokingly toasted with "To the newly not poor of us". Is this entirely a reference to a dowry, or could a man in such a situation expect further financial support from his wife's family?	58