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Home for Erring and Outcast Girls

Julie Kibler

Start date: January 1, 2020

Finish date: January 31, 2020

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Aug 09, 2019 Celia rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction-read, 2019-read, first-to-read, ten-year-challenge, elyse-review

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The Berachah Industrial Home for the Redemption of Erring Girls was a facility for unwed mothers in Arlington, Texas. Rev. James T. and Maggie May Upchurch opened the home on May 14, 1903, and it took in homeless, usually pregnant, women from Texas and the surrounding states. Unlike other homes for "fallen women", women at the Berachah Home were required to keep their babies; no children were given up for adoption.
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This is the story of two of the women who lived there, Lizzie an ...more

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Jan 10, 2020 ˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜ rated it liked it · review of another edition

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The historical background of the Berachah Home for the Redemption and Protection of Erring Girls, which opened in 1903, was well researched and recorded (be sure to read the authors note at the end of the book). The home was unique in that the girls weren’t shamed or blamed and were encouraged to keep their children. They were also taught skills to help them earn a living.

I gave the book 3 stars because I was expecting a story about the home, how it was set up, how it was run, and mostly about ...more

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