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010			_a 2005058179
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020			_a9781594200946
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035			_a(OCoLC)62593825 _z(OCoLC)779021443 _z(OCoLC)1079939250 _z(OCoLC)1080853863 _z(OCoLC)1081050987 _z(OCoLC)1082422518 _z(OCoLC)1083387219 _z(OCoLC)1083924532
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100	1		_aFessler, Ann.
245	1	4	_aThe girls who went away : _bthe hidden history of women who surrendered children for adoption in the decades before Roe v. Wade / _cAnn Fessler.
260			_aNew York : _bPenguin Press, _c2006.
300			_a354 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_tMy own story as an adoptee -- _tBreaking the silence -- _tGood girls v. bad girls -- _tDiscovery and shame -- _tThe family's fears -- _tGoing away -- _tBirth and surrender -- _tThe aftermath -- _tSearch and reunion -- _tTalking and listening -- _tEvery mother but my own.
520			_aThis book brings to light the lives of 1.5 million single American women in the years following World War II who, under enormous social and family pressure, were coerced to give up their newborn children. It tells not of wild and carefree sexual liberation, but rather of a devastating double standard that has had punishing long-term effects on these women and on the children they gave up. Single pregnant women were shunned by family and friends, evicted from schools, sent away to maternity homes to have their children alone, and often treated with cold contempt by doctors, nurses, and clergy. The majority of the women interviewed by Fessler, herself an adoptee, have never spoken of their experiences, and most have been haunted by grief and shame their entire adult lives.--From publisher description.
650		0	_aBirthmothers _zUnited States.
650		0	_aAdoption _zUnited States _xPsychological aspects.
650		6	_a _z
650		6	_aAdoption _z _xAspect psychologique.
650		7	_aAdoption _xPsychological aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00797097
650		7	_aBirthmothers. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00833291
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aFessler, Ann. _tGirls who went away. _dNew York : Penguin Press, 2006 _w(OCoLC)607782244
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aFessler, Ann. _tGirls who went away. _dNew York : Penguin Press, 2006 _w(OCoLC)607829209
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0612/2005058179.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2005058179-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2005058179-d.html
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