This well-written volume sheds new light on the multifaceted experience of children's immigration, changing concepts of welfare, and Western expansion. It is good, scholarly social history."—Library Journal
Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.
... were important in placing children . Some of these placements would prove to ... train . True orphans as well as children with parents were relocated to new homes through orphan trains ... children to Midwestern communities eventually.
... were also involved in arranging the safe passage of children who were orphaned, homeless ... orphan train' movement This 'movement' occurred largely during between 1854 ... estimated 10,000 to 30,000 homeless children in New York City alone ...
... was imperfect and did what they could to screen out inappropriate families . But in spite of problems , placing out provided the best chance many of the children had of finding a home . Early In America's History , children who lost their ...
By the middle of the 19th century, New York City?s population surpassed the unfathomable number of 1 million people, despite its obvious lack of space.
Michael T. Keene. and helped relocate nearly two hundred thousand abandoned and homeless children. Three institutions—Children's Village, The Children's Aid Society and the New York Foundling Hospital—were behind the Orphan Train ...
... nice families , while others were beaten and ran away . Between 1854 and 1929 more than one hundred thousand children were sent out of New York on these orphan trains . 113 1891 TUBERCULOSIS AND THE East American Vampire Tuberculosis , ...
... number to have declined to about 5,000 by 1890. It is important to note that ... Orphan. Train. Experts estimate over 10,000 homeless children roamed the streets of New York City in ... children were poor, and some had been Introduction xxvii.
Learn about the homeless city children who were taken out West to have new homes in the early 1900s.