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The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care
The Lost Children of Wilder The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care
Author: Nina Bernstein
IIn 1973, a young ACLU attorney filed a controversial class-action lawsuit that challenged New York City’s operation of its foster-care system. The plaintiff was an abused runaway named Shirley Wilder who had suffered from the system’s inequities. Wilder, as the case came to be known, was waged for two and a half decades, beco...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679758341
ISBN-10: 0679758348
Publication Date: 2/5/2002
Pages: 496
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Compelling account of the generations of children trapped in the child welfare system.


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