A Home for Every Child: The Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era

by Patricia Susan Hart

Book Overview

Adoption has been a politically charged subject since the Progressive Era, when it first became an established part of child welfare reform. In A Home for Every Child, Patricia Susan Hart looks at how, when, and why modern adoption practices became a part of child welfare policy.

The Washington Children's Home Society (now the Children's Home Society of Washington) was founded in 1896 to place children into adoptive and foster homes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295990643
• ISBN13: 9780295990644
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher