Date: 2015-03-05
Lifelong Learning Lecture Series: Who Was the Orphan in the 19th Century?
7:00pm–GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Sarah Mulhall Adelman, Assistant Professor of History, Framingham State University.Most children in 19th-century American orphan asylums and many on orphan trains in fact had a living parent and siblings who remained at home. This talk explores how and why some children were separated from their families. ***LIFELONG LEARNING LECTURE SERIES***This free lecture series is a collaboration of Framingham State University and Framingham Public Library. The series is funded in part by the Framingham Cultural Council, a local agency of the Massachusetts Cultural Council-www.massculturalcouncil.org. Refreshments. Framingham Public Library, 49 Lexington Street, Costin Room.
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