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Case #1 - The Mary Ellen Wilson Files (Paperback)
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Case #1 - The Mary Ellen Wilson Files (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 4 560
You Save R54 (11%)
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As recently as 1874, no laws yet existed in this country for the
protection of children. In New York of the same year, it was the
widely publicized case of Mary Ellen Wilson-a nine-year-old girl
who had been a prisoner in her tenement home, enduring unimaginable
cruelty-that was the first to draw national and worldwide attention
to both the social issue of child abuse and to the notion that
children are entitled to humane treatment. American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) founder Henry Bergh and
his attorney, Elbridge T. Gerry, intervened on behalf of the abused
little girl. Following this case, the first child protection agency
was founded: the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children. This examination of the child abuse case begins with a
look at Mary Ellen Wilson's life and provides background on the
events surrounding the case. It draws upon-and reproduces within
the text-numerous primary sources. Mary Ellen's famous court
testimony, queries urging Henry Bergh's ASPCA to continue work on
behalf of children, articles describing the courtroom scene, pleas
from Mary Ellen's family appealing for her custody and published
documentation of the trial itself are all offered here for the
first time. The extensive amounts of newspaper coverage, family
letters, judicial orders and court transcripts presented in this
work chronicle the historical case and its effects which have since
provided hope for millions of abused and neglected children. The
authors also wrote a novelized version of the story entitled "Out
of the Darkness: The Story of Mary Ellen Wilson." (Dolphin Moon,
1999)
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