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, portrait
Charles Loring Brace, aged 29 years
Orphan Train
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The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located in rural areas in the East, the Midwest an
Charles Loring Brace
…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 Orphan Train movement of the mid-19th century, and for founding Children's Aid Society. Brace was born on June 19, 1826, in Litchfield, Connecticut. He was named…
Orphan train
Orphan train flyer
National Orphan Train Complex dedication