Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption

by E. Wayne Carp

Book Overview

Jean Paton (1908-2002) fought tirelessly to reform American adoption and to overcome prejudice against adult adoptees and women who give birth out of wedlock. Paton wrote widely and passionately about the adoption experience, corresponded with policymakers as well as individual adoptees, promoted the psychological well-being of adoptees, and facilitated reunions between adoptees and their birth parents. E. Wayne Carp's masterful biography brings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472119109
• ISBN13: 9780472119103
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"