Recent Entries
Motion to Purchase Wigs Approve
This obscure note in the archives of the American Jewish Historical Society hinted at a legacy of medical research on children.
Contractor of Waists
When my own great-grandfather deserted his family, he left his sons to be raised as orphans.
Ever Efficient Boy of the Home
Though he had two living parents, my grandfather grew up in Manhattan’s Hebrew Orphan Asylum.
Conditions Among Animals
For pediatricians eager to cure and prevent disease, orphanages provided the perfect conditions for medical research.
A Wall They Cannot See
To live as a closeted lesbian in the 1950s required women to keep secrets from colleagues, friends, and family.