Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption /
"Pioneering adoption activist Jean Paton (1908-2002) fought effectively for 50 years to reform American adoption. Paton gave adult adoptees a voice and provided them with a healthy self-image; facilitated thousands of meetings between adult adoptees and their families of origin; fought to open...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
[2014]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- The search for identity
- The birth of a reformer
- The Life History Study Center
- On the road
- Religion and reunion
- Illegitimacy, traumatic neurosis, and the problem of affliction
- Orphan Voyage
- Orphan Voyage moves south
- The new adoption reform movement
- Organizing the movement
- Sealed adoption records
- Ombudsman
- The American Adoption Congress
- Straight ahead
- The great American tragedy.