The Orphan Train Movement, spanning the 1850s to the early 1920s, was a large-scale effort to address the crisis of orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children in New York City. Over 200,000 children were sent by train to rural areas across the Midwest, with the hope they would find better lives. Organized primarily by the Children’s Aid Society and the New York Foundling Hospital, the program aimed to rescue children from poverty, overcrowded urban slums, and dire living conditions. While the mo
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The Orphan Train Movement, spanning the 1850s to the early 1920s, was a large-scale effort to address the crisis of orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children in New York
thescaryfact. . The Orphan Train Movement, spanning the 1850s to the early 1920s, was a large-scale effort to address the crisis of orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children in New York City. Over 200,000 children were sent by train to rural areas across the Midwest, with the hope they would find better lives. Organized primarily by the ...
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