Survey of the Trends in Intake at Angel Guardian Home During the Years 1951 and 1952
Abstract
The institutional care of dependent children in Brooklyn was begun as far back as 1830 with the foundation of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Society. Within a period of five years this society was caring for thirteen orphans in a house in Jay Street under the direction of the Sisters of Charity. This same century marked the opening of other institutions in the Brooklyn Diocese for school age boys and girls. These institutions were under the jurisdiction of various religious communities. Among them were St. Joseph's Orphanage and the Convent of Mercy for girls, St. John's Home and St. Mary of the Angels Home, Syosset, L. I. for boys and the Dominican Orphan Homes for boys and girls.In 1897 the Most Reverend Charles Edward McDonnell, Bishop of Brooklyn, requested the Sisters of Mercy to extend their facilities to include the care of pre-school children in order to alleviate the high mortality rate among infants and young children, especially those of unmarried mothers.
Subject Area
Clinical psychology|Social work
Recommended Citation
Hurley, Owen, "Survey of the Trends in Intake at Angel Guardian Home During the Years 1951 and 1952" (1955). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097093.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097093
