The Role of the Toronto Girls’ Home, 1863—1910
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079905 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotte Neff (Laurentian University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 286-315 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199011407030 |
| PMID | 21898964 |
| OpenAlex | W2069571305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
It has been suggested that the role of Ontario children’s homes, who had for half a century been helping disadvantaged children, changed significantly and immediately under the Children’s Protection Act of 1893. However, the records of the girls admitted to Toronto Girls’ Home from 1863 to 1910 suggest that this was not the case, for this home at least. For most of their history, their core clientele was the children of poor respectable parents dealing with a crisis or who could not both work and care for their children. Thus, although prior to 1893 they did also care for a significant number of neglected children, and after 1893 fewer such children were admitted, the Home continued for more than 20 years to help families as they always had, providing a form of family support for which the child protection system was not designed
Geography · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Demography · Gender Studies · History
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |