claim: Pink is a dancer.
evidence: Mary Ellen Wilson -LRB- March , 1864 -- October 30 , 1956 -RRB- or sometimes Mary Ellen McCormack was an American whose case of child abuse led to the creation of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children .. American. United States. child abuse. child abuse. New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. As an eight-year-old , she was severely abused by her foster parents , Francis and Mary Connolly .. Laws preventing cruelty to animals were used to remove her from the home , as laws preventing cruelty to children were yet to be created then .. cruelty to animals. cruelty to animals. Hers was the first recorded child abuse case in the United States .. child abuse. child abuse