By Jasmine Lalli Introduction: In 1921, Edith Roberts was a 21-year-old, unmarried, factory worker living in Hinckley, Leicestershire. Unbeknownst to her family – with whom she lived – she gave birth secretly in the attic room she shared with her sister. Her stepmother discovered the body of the baby three days later, stuffed in a … Continue reading “‘The very antithesis of womanhood’: Edith Roberts and the Infanticide Acts”
