Henry Bergh
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Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in April, 1866, three days after the first effective legislation against animal cruelty in the United States was passe
Bergh by George Edward Perine
Trading card depicting Bergh by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, c. 1870–1900
Bergh's mausoleum at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York City
Etta Angell Wheeler
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Etta Angell Wheeler was the rescuer and advocate of Mary Ellen Wilson, whose infamous abuse story led to the creation of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Wheeler was als
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…its clergy express permission to preach an annual sermon against cruelty to animals. In 1874, Bergh was approached by a Methodist missionary named Etta Agnell Wheeler, who sought help rescuing a child named Mary Ellen Wilson from her cruel abuser, Mary Connolly. After Mary Ellen's story was heard, and she was…
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Mary Ellen Wilson, also known as Mary Ellen McCormack, in 1874
A detail from the facade of 295 Park Avenue South at 23rd Street in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City, built in 1892 as the headquarters of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The building was designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Renwick.