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Orphan Train Riders: A Brief History of the Orphan Train Era (1854-1929): With Entrance Records from the American Female Guardian Society's
Orphan Train Riders A Brief History of the Orphan Train Era With Entrance Records from the American Female Guardian Society's - 1854-1929
Author: Tom Riley
Temperance organizations such as the American Female Guardian Society stepped in, establishing orphanages and homes for unwed mothers and battered women: "homes for the friendless." Some of the children in the homes were orphans, but some were "surrendered" by parents who were unable to take care of them. Nearly 250,000 of these children were fo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780788431692
ISBN-10: 0788431692
Pages: 188
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Publisher: Heritage Books
Book Type: Paperback
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