Catalog Search Results
Search over 10 billion genealogical records and discover your family history. Search over 800 million obituaries and 220 million marriages in our Newspapers.com indexes.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
From the 1850s into the 1920s, institutions, many privately owned, were aimed at keeping poor children from mixing with adults in the county poorhouse. The children's homes, orphanages and training schools of Julia Work strived to teach adolescents marketable skills while providing shelter.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request