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by Barbara Bisantz Raymond


  Lynn Franklin is a wonderful agent, and a friend who has always believed in this book.

  I am very grateful to Philip Turner for his enthusiastic acquisition of the book, his editing, and his support. He’s an editor in the old-fashioned sense.

  Thank you also to everyone at Carroll & Graf, particularly my editor, Bill Strachan, and Adelaide Docx and Keith Wallman.

  Gail and Salvatore Amato are warm, funny, wonderful people. I am very lucky to know them.

  Thank you, Tim Good.

  And finally, I want to thank the most important people in my life: Beth Raymond Good, Tim Raymond, Bob Raymond, and Fred Greenman. I could not have completed this project without their support and love.

  To all of these, and those I do not have the space to name, the most heartfelt thanks.

  Index

  A

  ABC Radio Australia

  abortion

  abuse of children

  emotional

  physical

  sexual

  starvation

  Adopted Children’s Association

  adoptees

  abused. see abuse of children

  as blank slates

  as commodities. see also

  Christmas Baby ads

  deaths. see deaths, of children

  fantasies, of birth parents

  methods of procuring

  psychological problems. see psychological

  problems, of adoptees

  returned, by adoptive parents

  reunited with family. see reunions

  search for birth parents

  as servants

  Adoptees’ Liberty Movement Association

  (ALMA)

  adoption

  closed. see records, falsified; records, sealed

  fees

  international

  of lesbian partners

  open. see also adoption reform

  movement

  popularized

  and race

  and religion

  stigma. see also eugenics

  Adoption in America Coming of Age (Aigner)

  adoption laws

  boarding homesfor children

  California

  and falsified records. see records, falsified

  international

  in other countries

  reform. see adoption reform movement

  sealed records. see records, sealed

  Tennessee

  Adoption Network Cleveland

  adoption records

  falsified. see records, falsified

  sealed. see records, sealed

  adoption reform movement.

  see adoption reform movement

  battle, for Tennessee reforms

  obstacles to

  Senate hearings

  unsealing legislation, pending

  Adoption Triangle, The (BaranPannorand

  Sorosky) adoptive parents

  blackmail and extortion of

  celebrity. see celebrity adoptions

  fear and insecurity

  guilt

  single women as

  AdoptUsKids

  African countries

  Aid to Families with Dependent Children

  (AFDC)

  Aigner, Hal, Adoption in America Coming of

  Age

  Alexander Dave

  Alice Chapin Agency

  Allen, Deborah

  Allen, Janet

  Allyson, June

  American Adoption Congress (AAC)

  American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)

  American Mercury magazine

  American Public Welfare Association

  Andersen, Hans Christian

  Andersson, Alfred

  B

  baby farms

  baby selling

  appeal of

  and falsified records

  international

  modern

  Baran, Annette

  The Adoption Triangle

  Barner, Joy

  Bass, Mrs. Nat

  Bastard Nation

  Bastardy Acts

  Bates, Samuel

  Battered Child Syndrome study

  Bayou Gayoso

  Belfast Telegraph

  Bellevue Hospital

  Bernadino, Joe

  Beth (author’s daughter)

  adoption

  birth parents

  birth certificates, falsified. see records, falsi­

  fied

  birth parents

  accost Georgia Tann

  of author’s daughter

  meeting adoptive parents

  reunited with children. see reunions

  rights of

  seek their children

  single mothers. see single mothers

  unmarried mothers. see single mothers

  births, out of wedlock. see also

  single mothers

  black market. see

  also baby selling

  appeal of

  blackmail

  boarding homes, for children

  Bolivar Home for the Feeble Minded

  Bond Andre

  Boston

  Boston Children’s Aid Society

  Boston marriages

  Brace, Charles Loring

  Dangerous Classes in New York City

  bribery

  Browning, Gordon

  Buck, Pearl

  Burdette, Ruby

  C

  Calhoun, Eugene

  California adoption laws

  Cardell, Ann

  Carstens, Charles C.

  Carter, Charles

  Catholic Charities

  Catledge, Turner

  celebrity adoptionsx

  Chandler, Walter

  child labor

  Child Welfare League of America

  Children’s Bureau, United States

  China

  China Daily

  Christmas Baby ads

  Clapp, Aubrey

  classified ads

  Cleghorne, Roger

  Coalition for Adoption Reform

  Colorado

  complaints, against Georgia Tann

  Cook, Annie

  corruption, in government

  see also politicians, complicity of

  Cravens, Boo

  Crawford, Joan

  Croswell, Clyde

  Crump, Edward Hull

  D

  Daily Pantagraph

  D’Alessandro, Lou

  Dangerous Classes in New York City (Brace)

  Davidson, Barbara

  de la Fontaine, Elise

  deaths, of children

  from abuse

  “Infant Mortality in Memphis” report

  infanticide

  Debs, Candy

  Debs, Mrs. Ernest

  Delaware

  Delineator (magazine)

  Depression era

  Dixie Greyhound Bus Line

  Donelson, Lewis

  Dutch Mary

  E

  East, Arthur

  East, Caprice

  economy, Depression era

  Elrod, Fannie

  emotional problems, of adoptees. see psycho­

  logical problems, of adoptees

  Engel, Albert J.

  eugenics

  Evers, Medgar

  F

  Faderman, Lillian, Odd Girls and Twilight

  Lovers

  Faith Home

  falsification, of records. see records, falsified

  feminism

  financial aid, for single mothers

  Finn, Vicci

  Fisher Body Company

  Fisher, Charles

  Fisher, Florence Ladden

  Forman, Rachel ZinoberLet Us Now Praise

  Obscure Women

  Fowlkes, Joe

  Freeman, Solon

  G

  Galindo, Lauryn

  Galton, Francis

  gastrointestinal illne
ss

  genetics. see also eugenics

  vs. environment

  Gilkey, Ada

  Glad, Denny

  Godeau, Carolyn

  Good Housekeeping article

  Goodwyn Institute

  Gookin, Randall

  Goth, Mary

  graft and corruption

  Green, Irene

  Greenman, Fred

  Gribble case

  Guatemala

  H

  Hachmeister, Mrs. W. A.

  Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption

  Hale, Billy

  activism

  death

  “Someone Listen Please”

  Hamilton, Elizabeth B.

  Harper, Wallace

  Harvey, Rose

  hawaii

  Hickory, Mississippi

  Hill, Helen

  Hindman, May

  Hoard, Carolyn

  Hollinsworth, Ann Atwood (Georgia’s

  partner)

  relationship with June

  Hollywood adoptions

  homelessness

  homosexuality

  of Georgia Tann

  Hopkirk, Howard W.

  How It Feels To Be Adopted (Krementz)

  Huber, Elizabeth

  I

  identities, stolen, and psychological problems

  illegitimacy. see also single mothers

  indenture

  Indiana

  Indonesia

  Industrial Revolution

  “Infant Mortality in Memphis” report

  infanticide

  international adoption

  Hague Convention on Intercountry Adop­

  tion

  Interpol

  Irwin sisters

  J

  Jack (Ann’s son)

  Jackson, Jesse (Memphis florist)

  Jolie, Angelina

  June (Georgia’s adopted daughter)

  K

  Kate McWillie Powers Receiving Home for

  Children

  Kazakhstan

  Keating, Colonel

  Kefauver Committee

  Kefauver, Estes

  Kelley, Camille

  Kendricks, Jack

  Kenyon, Nellie

  kidnappings

  Kohn, Ben W.

  Krafft-Ebing, Richard Freiherr von

  Krementz, JillHow It Feels to Be Adopted

  L

  Lambert, Jim

  Leath Orphanage

  Lehman, Herbert

  lesbianism

  of Georgia Tann

  Let Us Now Praise Obscure Women (Forman)

  Lifton, Betty Jean, Twice Born

  “Little Match Girl” (Andersen)

  Livingston, Gordon S.

  Long, Marie

  Look magazine

  Los Angeles Times

  Love Home, for unwed mothers

  Lovejoy, George

  M

  Madonna

  Magnier, Mark

  Maisie (Hickory resident)

  Malaysia

  Mancuso, Matthew

  Margolis Mary

  marriages, sham

  Martha Washington College

  Martin, J. B.

  Mary (Barbara Davidson’s sister)

  Masons (fraternal order)

  Massachusetts

  Mayflower (ship)

  Mayo Clinic

  medical records

  Memphis Appeal (newspaper)

  Memphis Bar Association

  Memphis Commercial Appeal

  Memphis Cotton Club

  Memphis Family Welfare Agency

  Memphis Press-Scimitar

  Memphis, Tennessee

  child mortality rate

  conducting research in

  corruption, in government

  declared bankrupt

  demographics altered

  economy

  organized crime

  sewer system

  yellow fever epidemics

  Mental Hygiene (journal)

  Meridian Star (newspaper)

  Michigan

  Miller, Roberta

  Miller, Vallie

  Missing Children’s Locate Center

  Mississippi

  adoption laws

  Hickory. see Hickory, Mississippi

  orphanages

  Mississippi Children’s Home-Finding

  Society

  Mississippi Children’s Home Society

  Kate McWillie Powers Receiving Home for

  Children

  Mississippi River

  Mitchell, Carolyn

  Mitler, Ernest

  molestation. see abuse of children, sexual

  Montana

  Moore, Mollie Mae

  Morlock, Maud

  mortality, child. see deaths, of children

  mothersunmarried. see single mothers

  Mount Holyoke College

  Mulcahy, Jim

  N

  NAACP (National Association for the

  Advancement of Colored People)

  Nashville Tennessean

  National Council for Adoption (NCFA)

  Naylor, Heidi

  Neff, Wanda Fraiken We Sing Diana

  neglect of children

  New China News Agency

  New Hampshire

  New York Children’s Aid Society

  New York City

  New York Foundling Hospital

  New York Sun

  New York Times

  Newsome,Wilhelmina

  Nickens, Jimmy

  Nilan, Christine

  nuns

  O

  Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers (Faderman)

  Oetinger, Katherine B.

  Ohio

  Oklahoma

  Oppenheimer, Ella

  organized crime

  Orphan Train resettlement

  Orphan Voyage

  orphanages

  Owens, Mary

  P

  Paine, Rowlett

  Pannell, Cleveland and Shirley Ann

  Pannell, Joe

  PannorReuben

  The Adoption Triangle

  parenting, adoptive

  parents, birth. see birth parents

  Paton, Jean

  pedophiles. see abuse of children, sexual

  Petersen, Robert

  Phillips, Earlene

  poem, of abuse survivor

  political corruption, in Memphis

  politicians, complicity of

  poll tax

  poorhouses

  Porter Home

  post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  see also psychological prob­

  lems, of adoptees

  Powell, Dick

  procurement methods

  international

  psychological problems, of adoptees

  post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  Q

  Quillen, Evelyn

  R

  race, and adoption

  Randalls Island

  Reader’s Digest

  records, falsified

  and baby selling

  records, nonexistent

  records, opened, in Tennessee

  records, sealed

  medical records

  Reed, Mary

  religion, and adoption

  religious orders

  reunions

  Reuters news agency

  Rice, Frank “Roxie”

  Right To Know, The

  Riis, Jacob

  Robertson, Pat

  romantic friendships

  Roosevelt, Eleanor

  Rose, Helen

  Russell, Edward

  Russia

  S

  Salvation Army

  Saturday Evening Post

  Savin, Barbara

  Schibbelhutte, Paul

  Schlothauer, Pat

  search expert

  searching for birth parents. see adoptees

  search for bi
rth parents

  Semmes, Sarah

  Senate hearings

  servitude, for children

  sewer system, Memphis

  sexism

  sexual abuse

  increased awareness

  survivor’s poem

  Shoaf, William

  Simmons, Virginia

  Simon, Bessie

  Sims, Leon

  single mothers. see

  also birth parents

  adoptive

  financial aid

  personal stories

  sham marriages

  as unfit

  Sister Ruth

  Sisters of Charity

  Sisters of the Good Shepherd

  Minutes

  slavery, of orphans

  Small World Ministries

  Smith College

  Smith, Fred

  social work

  “Someone Listen Please” (Hale)

  Sorosky, Arthur, The Adoption Triangle

  SouthF. E. A.

  South Korea

  Soviet Union, former

  Spence Alumnae Society

  Spence Chapin Agency

  starvation

  Stateler, Josie

  Stoves, Mildred

  Stratton, Gerald

  Sunsetthe Pacific Monthly

  T

  Tann, Beulah Yates (Georgia’s mother)

  Tann family

  Tann, George C. (Georgia’s father)

  Tann, Georgia

  adopted daughter

  appearance

  career

  complaints against

  early career

  early life

  education

  fame

  first adoption

  illness and death

  investigated

  June (Georgia’s adopted daughter)

  legacy of

  obituaries

  as pedophile

  personality

  prolific placements

  run out of town

  sexual orientation

  takes control

  wealth acquired

  Tann homestead

  Tann, Rob Roy (Georgia’s adopted brother)

  Tannwood (Georgia’s estate)

  Taylor, Robert

  Tennessee

  adoption laws

  Memphis. see Memphis, Tennessee

  Tennessee Children’s Bureau

  Tennessee Children’s Home Society

  closed

  complaints against

  mortality rate

  Tennessee Coalition for Adoption Reform

  Tennessee Department of Public Welfare

  Tennessee Public Welfare Record

  Trammell, Kathryn

  transracial adoption

  Traveler’s Aid Society

  Trotter, Susan

  Truman, Harry

  Turner, Lana

  Twice Born (Lifton)

  U

  Ukraine

  University of Tennessee

  unmarried mothers. see single mothers

  Ursuline nuns

  V

  Vanderbilt University Hospital

  Vassar College

  Vermont

 

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