Part one of term paper
Bette Cahill's is a true story of baby deaths and black market adoptions in East Chester, Nova Scotia. describes the scandalous activities of the Ideal Maternity Home and Sanitarium in East Chester. The Home was owned and operated by William and Lila Young. William was a chiropractor who impersonated a medical doctor at the Ideal Materni ...

Part two of term paper
... great place where unmarried women could, secretly, give birth to their babies- for a great price though! In the 1930's and 1940's, a woman was considered a disgrace to the town and, more importantly, her family if she was pregnant and not married. To some women the Ideal Maternity Home was a saviour- a place where they could give birth and then have the baby put up for adoption, hassel-free. However, the price for board and the birth cost a fortune. The service fee was $300 (a years wage). Des ...