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Index Edna Gladney

Edna Browning Kahly Gladney (January 22, 1886 – October 2, 1961) was an early campaigner for children's rights and better living conditions for disadvantaged children.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 33 relations: Academy Award for Best Actress, Amon G. Carter, Birth certificate, Blossoms in the Dust, Bust (sculpture), Children's Aid, Diabetes, Disability, Facebook, Feeble-minded, Fort Worth, Texas, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gainesville, Texas, Gladney Center for Adoption, Grayson County, Texas, Greer Garson, Hygiene, Kidd-Key College, Legitimacy (family law), Mental disorder, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Milwaukee, Orphan Train, Poverty, Sherman, Texas, Social work, Street children, Texas Christian University, University of North Texas Libraries, Valentine's Day, Waif, Walter Pidgeon, Wolfe City, Texas.

  2. Adoption activists
  3. Adoption history
  4. Adoption workers
  5. American children's rights activists

Academy Award for Best Actress

The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Amon G. Carter

Amon Giles Carter Sr. (born Giles Amon Carter; December 11, 1879 – June 23, 1955) was the creator and publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and a nationally known civic booster for Fort Worth, Texas.

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Birth certificate

A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person.

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Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust is a 1941 American biographical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden and Samuel S. Hinds.

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Bust (sculpture)

A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human body, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders.

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Children's Aid

Children's Aid, formerly the Children's Aid Society, is a private child welfare nonprofit in New York City founded in 1853 by Charles Loring Brace.

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Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels.

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Disability

Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society.

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Facebook

Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.

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Feeble-minded

The term feeble-minded was used from the late 19th century in Europe, the United States and Australasia for disorders later referred to as illnesses or deficiencies of the mind.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator.

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Gainesville, Texas

Gainesville is a city in and the county seat of Cooke County, Texas, United States.

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Gladney Center for Adoption

The Gladney Center for Adoption in Fort Worth, Texas, US, provides adoption and advocacy services. Edna Gladney and Gladney Center for Adoption are adoption history and adoption workers.

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Grayson County, Texas

Grayson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Greer Garson

Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (29 September 1904 – 6 April 1996) was a British-American actress and singer.

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Hygiene

Hygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health.

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Kidd-Key College

Kidd-Key College was a college and music conservatory for women located in Sherman, Texas.

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Legitimacy (family law)

Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM), is an American media company specializing in film and television production and distribution based in Beverly Hills, California.

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Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Milwaukee County.

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Orphan Train

The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. Edna Gladney and Orphan Train are adoption history.

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Poverty

Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living.

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Sherman, Texas

Sherman is a city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas, United States.

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Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being.

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Street children

Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village.

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Texas Christian University

Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas.

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University of North Texas Libraries

The University of North Texas Libraries is an American academic research library system that serves the constituent colleges and schools of University of North Texas in Denton.

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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14.

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Waif

A waif (from the Old French guaif, "stray beast")Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1).

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Walter Pidgeon

Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor.

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Wolfe City, Texas

Wolfe City is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States, located at the intersection of State Highways 34 and 11.

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See also

Adoption activists

Adoption history

Adoption workers

American children's rights activists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Gladney