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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.

Publication Info. Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, [2010]
©2010
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
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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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-278) and index.
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.
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Subject Washington Children's Home Society.
Washington Children's Home Society.
Washington Children's Home Society.
Adoption -- Washington (State) -- History.
Adoption.
Washington (State)
History.
Adoption -- United States -- History.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Hart, Patricia Susan. Home for every child. Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2010018411
ISBN 9780295802039 (electronic book)
0295802030 (electronic book)
9780295990644 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0295990643 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

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