A home for every child
Hart, Patricia Susan.
A home for every child the Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era / [electronic resource] : Patricia Susan Hart. - Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, c2010. - xvi, 285 p. : ill., map. - Emil and Kathleen Sick series in western history and biography ; 17 . - Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 17. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-278) and index.
Introduction: Taking a chance on the Pacific Northwest -- Seeking alternatives to institutional care -- Child relinquishment : the last best hope -- Sorted, boarded, and reformed : coming into the care of WCHS -- Completing God's plan and competing desires : negotiating adoptive parenthood -- Biology, botany, and belonging -- Traveling children : placement, re-placement, and return -- Conclusion: A home for every child : the elusive promise.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Washington Children's Home Society.
Adoption--History.--Washington (State)
Adoption--History.--United States
Electronic books.
HV875.56.W2 / H37 2010
362.73409797
A home for every child the Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era / [electronic resource] : Patricia Susan Hart. - Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, c2010. - xvi, 285 p. : ill., map. - Emil and Kathleen Sick series in western history and biography ; 17 . - Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 17. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-278) and index.
Introduction: Taking a chance on the Pacific Northwest -- Seeking alternatives to institutional care -- Child relinquishment : the last best hope -- Sorted, boarded, and reformed : coming into the care of WCHS -- Completing God's plan and competing desires : negotiating adoptive parenthood -- Biology, botany, and belonging -- Traveling children : placement, re-placement, and return -- Conclusion: A home for every child : the elusive promise.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Washington Children's Home Society.
Adoption--History.--Washington (State)
Adoption--History.--United States
Electronic books.
HV875.56.W2 / H37 2010
362.73409797