Foster Care for Children: A Comparative Study of Six Twelve Year Old Girls in Placement Under the Supervision of the New York Foundling Hospital, Three Visited and Three Unvisited by Their Natural Parents, 1962
Abstract
Background of Study. Since the majority of the early colonists came from England, they "brought with them the customs, laws and institutions of the mother country. They adopted at least in principle, the Elizabethan Poor Laws. Each town or village made provisions for the maintenance of the poor, providing resident requirements were met. The statutory period varied from three months to five years and dependent outsiders were discouraged, by various means, from taking residence. Poor relief was given mainly in two forms, "outdoor” relief in the homes of the needy and "indoor" relief or indenturing of the poor. Children, in particular were auctioned out as indentured servants to the lowest bidder.
Subject Area
Social work|Law|Social research|Social studies education
Recommended Citation
Caruso, Joseph S, "Foster Care for Children: A Comparative Study of Six Twelve Year Old Girls in Placement Under the Supervision of the New York Foundling Hospital, Three Visited and Three Unvisited by Their Natural Parents, 1962" (1962). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30725028.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30725028
