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The Mary Ellen Wilson Child Abuse Case and the Beginning of Children's Rights in 19th Century America
The Mary Ellen Wilson Child Abuse Case and the Beginning of Children's Rights in 19th Century America
Author: Eric A. Shelman, Stephen, M.D. Lazoritz
As recently as 1874, no laws yet existed in this country for the protection of children. In New York of the same year, it was the widely publicized case of Mary Ellen Wilson—a nine-year-old girl who had been a prisoner in her tenement home, enduring unimaginable cruelty—that was the first to draw national and worldwide attention to bot...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786420391
ISBN-10: 0786420391
Publication Date: 1/4/2005
Pages: 247
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Publisher: McFarland Company
Book Type: Paperback
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