Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption

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Jean Paton (1908-2002) fought tirelessly to reform American adoption and to overcome prejudice against adult adoptees and women who give birth out of wedlock. Paton wrote widely and passionately about the adoption experience, corresponded with policymakers as well as individual adoptees, promoted the psychological well-being of adoptees, and facilitated reunions between adoptees and their birth parents. E. Wayne Carp's masterful biography brings...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0472119109

ISBN13:9780472119103

Release Date:January 2014

Publisher:University of Michigan Press

Length:432 Pages

Weight:1.70 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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