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Lorraine Grimes
@lorrainegrimes.bsky.social
Academic, activist, social policy, reproductive health, mother and baby institutions
Delighted to finally finally see this in real life 😂 Available to order here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/single-mo...
Book launch details to come...
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Congratulations to @lorrainegrimes.bsky.social on the publication of her first book which is now available with Bloomsbury
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/single-mo...
Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain
Throughout the Twentieth Century many women in Ireland and Britain endured shame and institutionalisation for becoming pregnant outside of marriage. In this wel…
www.bloomsbury.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Throughout the 20th Century, unmarried mothers endured shame and institutionalisation. In Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain, @lorrainegrimes.bsky.social examines the journeys made by hundreds of pregnant Irish women to Britain.

Out now: https://bit.ly/4lAg9cf
September 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thanks so much. Finally available in hardback from today!! 🎉
September 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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🎥 Recorded in January and just aired on RTE tv now.

We are clearer than ever on who we are and what we stand for.

We will have a short statement soon.

FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
May 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Delighted to see myself and Dr Deirdre Duffy's @dnduffy.bsky.social article out. This is important research we carried out for the review of the Termination of Pregnancy legislation in Ireland.
May 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Really proud to have contributed to this documentary for ITV news on forced adoption and repatriation of single mothers and their children in Britain and Ireland
www.itv.com/news/2025-05...
www.itv.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's been a lot of work to get here but my book is finally available for pre-order www.bloomsbury.com/uk/single-mo...
Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain
Throughout the Twentieth Century many women in Ireland and Britain endured shame and institutionalisation for becoming pregnant outside of marriage. In this wel…
www.bloomsbury.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Absolutely
February 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM