text The girls who went away : the hidden history of women who surrendered children for adoption in the decades before Roe v. Wade
- Summary
- This book brings to light the lives of 1.5 million single American women in the years following World War II who, under enormous social and family pressure, were coerced to give up their newborn children. It tells not of wild and carefree sexual l... Read more
- Contents
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My own story as an adoptee -- Breaking the silence -- Good girls v. bad girls -- Discovery and shame -- The family's fears -- Going away -- Birth and surrender -- The aftermath -- Search and reunion -- Talking and listening -- Every mother but my own.
- Format
- text
- Description
- 354 p. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher
- Penguin Press 2006
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 362.8298 FES in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 362.8298 FES in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 362.8298 FES in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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