[A CA Guy]

She had the churches that would help and would back in that day form a collective with other women to watch the kids and take turns working long hours in perhaps jobs as a maid.
If she wasn't capable of life then she could temporarily had put her kids in an orphanage until she got a more stable life.

People were tough back then.

The fact your mother remarried for stability isn't a bad thing, with a whole world available, the fact she couldn't find one to love first seems odd to me.

[laney]

Do you live in a fantasy bubble? Churches did not have money to support all these women??? Women were busy in those days taking care of kids NO Microwaves, No Automatic washing machines they needed money SUPPORT not LOVE for heaven sake, Yeah it was tough!