Mother Donit Fore the Best (Judith Adulberger)

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"Judith Dulberger's "Mother Donit fore the Best" presents selections from correspondence between the superintendent of a nineteenth-century orphanage and the parents of some of his charges, children who had left the orphanage, and foster families. The author presents the material with an extended introduction and an epilogue in which she discusses the value of these letters as evidence not only of life in the institution, but of the relations between the poor and the orphanage, and the nature of the poorer classes' conception of family. Dulberger argues that these letters contradict notions about the attitudes and beliefs of the poor and the functions of public welfare institutions that have been put forward in previous history texts. Her material is fascinating and certainly provides a clear picture of life in the orphanage and the letters reveal .."

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