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Author Hart, Patricia Susan

Title A home for every child : the Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era / Patricia Susan Hart
Published Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Emil and Kathleen Sick series in western history and biography ; 17
Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 17.
Contents Introduction: Taking a chance on the Pacific Northwest -- Seeking alternatives to institutional care -- Child relinquishment : the last best hope -- Sorted, boarded, and reformed : coming into the care of WCHS -- Completing God's plan and competing desires : negotiating adoptive parenthood -- Biology, botany, and belonging -- Traveling children : placement, re-placement, and return -- Conclusion: A home for every child : the elusive promise
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-278) and index
Notes English
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Subject Washington Children's Home Society.
SUBJECT Washington Children's Home Society fast
Subject Adoption -- Washington (State) -- History
Adoption -- United States -- History
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Adoption & Fostering.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Pacific Northwest (OR, Wash.)
Adoption
United States
Washington (State)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010018411
ISBN 9780295802039
0295802030