Adoption
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Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and
Sister Irene of New York Foundling Hospital with children. Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them.
Trajan became emperor of Rome through adoption by the previous emperor Nerva, and was in turn succeeded by his own adopted son Hadrian. Adoption was a customary practice of the Roman Empire that enabled peaceful transitions of power.
At the monastery gate (Am Klostertor) by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
Josephine Baker adopted 10 children in the 1960s. In this photo they are on a tour of Amsterdam in 1964.
Charles Loring Brace
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Charles Loring Brace was an American philanthropist who contributed to the field of social reform. He is considered a father of the modern foster care movement and was most renowned for starting the O
Charles Loring Brace, aged 29 years