A home for every child
Subtitle: the Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era
By: Patricia Susan Hart
Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture-book series in Western history and biography
Publisher: Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780295990644
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Taking a chance on the Pacific Northwest; title: Seeking alternatives to institutional care; title: Child relinquishment : the last best hope; title: Sorted, boarded, and reformed : coming into the care of WCHS; title: Completing God's plan and competing desires : negotiating adoptive parenthood; title: Biology, botany, and belonging; title: Traveling children : placement, re-placement, and return; title: Conclusion: A home for every child : the elusive promise.