Does the Term Unwed Mother and today's Single Mother mean the same thing to you?

single mother means raising children as a single women and doesn't have the stigma related to why the situation came about. its more accurate. single dad is also used instead of the same terms. it comes from a society that is freer and more open and less likely to use terms to condemn people.

"unwed" and single mother are exactly the same, only the later doesnt have any implication of marrital status. It is a femminist driven distinction i would believe, because it implies that a woman cannot raise a child on her own. I do not know how effective that is, due to the fact that I hear widowed and divorced with kids quite frequently, and after a certain age, usually around 35+ Unwed mother usually is seen as a more appropriate distinction for some reason. I am all for Single status, I think it is great

"Unwed" is usually used to imply that a child was born while Mom was NOT married.

"Single" Mom may also be divorced or widowed.

I would guess that unwed means she has a significant other, they just aren't married. Single mother I would take to mean she's going it alone.

Here in Oz, I think they've called it a "single parents pension" since the early 1980s if thats any help with a time frame.

I still prefer the term Knocked Up