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History Talk to focus on Rogue Valley's Wayward Girls, Windows in Time lectures, Medford Social Services.

MMT article on talk by historian Jan Wright on wayward girls from the 1880's to the 1920's.  One of the interesting aspects is how the definition of wayward changed.  One source of treatment was the Magdalen House in Portland which helped pregnant girls.

City
Medford
Location
Vertical File Subjects, Medford, OR, Social Services
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