Hart, Patricia Susan. <br/><br/>
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 ;  23 cm. 
 - Emil and Kathleen Sick series in western history and biography ;  17 .
 - Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ;  17. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-278) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Washington Children's Home Society.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Adoption--History.--Washington (State)<br/>Adoption--History.--United States
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV875.56.W2  / H37 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.73409797