Adoption's Hidden History: From Native American tribes to locked lives

Adoption's Hidden History: From Native American tribes to locked lives
ISBN-10
1482651262
ISBN-13
9781482651263
Category
Adoption
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author
Mary S. Payne

Description

Volume 2: The author explains the development of adoption practices as they were shaped by the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Census Bureau, Social Security, the Children's Bureau and the Council for State Governments. The story is traced from Myra Clark Gaines' court battles to be recognized as her birth father's daughter, through Jean Paton's struggle to open records so that adopted people can learn their personal history.

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