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Blue Star Mothers, wives, and visiting soldiers, Granada Relocation Center, Colorado, June 1943. Retired Army Capt. George H. Maines conceived the idea for the Blue Star Mothers after a conversation with General John Pershing. He ran a newspaper article in the Flint News Advertiser on January 22, 1942. A coupon was included in the article and ...
The term was introduced as a compromise between "natural mother" and "biological mother." [2] According to Campbell: "We didn't want to upset adoptive parents with ‘natural.’ And ‘biological’ now made us gag. 'Biological,' we felt, was descriptive of a mechanical incubator or unfeeling baby machine. 'Birth' was the key.
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. (AGSM), is a private [1] nonprofit organization [2] of American mothers who lost sons or daughters in service of the United States Armed Forces. It was originally formed in 1928 for mothers of those lost in World War I , and it holds a congressional charter under Title 36 § 211 of the United States Code . [ 3 ]
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Florence Crittenton Misson, 21 Bleecker Street, 1893. The National Florence Crittenton Mission was an organization established in 1883 by Charles N. Crittenton.It attempted to reform prostitutes and unwed pregnant women through the creation of establishments where they were to live and learn skills.
Kristine Barnett is speaking out. In wake of the season finale of The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: Natalia Speaks, Natalia Grace's former adoptive mother took to Facebook to address several of ...
Courtesy of Briana DeJesus/Instagram Briana DeJesus’ sister was willing to adopt Briana’s 6-year-old daughter — until a lawyer explained why it couldn’t work. On the Wednesday, September ...
Fessler conceived of the book through her own experience looking for her biological mother. [1] As a documentary filmmaker, installation artist, and author, Fessler first produced several autobiographical installations on adoption; two featured her previous short films Cliff & Hazel [2] [3] about her adoptive family, and Along the Pale Blue River (2001/2013) about her search for a yearbook ...