Healing New York
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Healing New York, formerly the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, was founded in 1874. It is the world's first child protective agency. It is sometimes called the Gerry Societ
pg 431 THE NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN, FOURTH AVENUE AND 23D STREET
Mary Ellen Wilson
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Mary Ellen Wilson, also called Mary Ellen McCormack, was an American victim of child abuse whose case led to the creation of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the first c
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…In 1874 he and other officers of the society were approached by a church worker named Etta Angell Wheeler regarding the mistreatment of a child called Mary Ellen McCormack, who was being beaten daily by her foster mother. Wheeler had approached several others before appealing to an animal charity. Bergh swiftly managed…
Wilson (a/k/a McCormack) in 1874