Her character in the mini-series has been raped by a man who has syphilis and she bears the child with the disease. The boy lives and she mothers this child until he dies and this makes her an outcast to all British society. She wears the gloves to hide the fact that she has tertiary syphilis herself. Frankly, I found her character strongly Pro-Life and pro-family...
I watched it all and I love this movie. Sometimes hard to follow, but it all comes together in the end. Cinematography is beautiful. Minimal sets, filmed in Spain, to my surprise.
Some gore, but minimally graphic. Unforgettable movie I highly recommend to all.
Thanks. How do you like that, there IS a reason.
When I was a freshman at college in my very first semester, I had the weirdest professor I ever had in my life. He was a very small man and would write equations with his right hand all the while following along and erasing them with his left hand. His right hand was always run a white cotton glove. Nobody ever found out why.