02164nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10477181 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100503s2010 wauab sb 001 0 eng d 2010018411 9780295990644 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0295990643 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780295802039 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)742514426 n-us--- n-us-wa HV875.56.W2 H37 2010eb 362.73409797 22 Hart, Patricia Susan. A home for every child [electronic resource] : the Washington Children's Home Society in the Progressive Era / 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. Emil and Kathleen Sick series in western history and biography ; 17 Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-278) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Washington Children's Home Society. Adoption Washington (State) History. Adoption United States History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography ; 17. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10477181 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 216792 216792