Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption

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Jean Paton and the Struggle to ReformAmericanAdoption Jean is about to break the sealed“birth certificate”at the conclusion of the“Red Tape Ceremony”that took place at the 1989 American Adoption Congress’s conference in New York City. From left to right: Don Humphrey, the AAC’s legal adviser at the time; Nancy Horgan, Rhode Island birth mother and adoptees’ rights advocate; Joe Soll, founder of Adoption Crossroads; the AAC’s president Kate Burke. Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption E. Wayne Carp The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2014 All rights reserved This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publisher. Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c Printed on acid-free paper 2017 2016 2015 2014 4 3 2 1 A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Carp, E. Wayne, 1946– Jean Paton and the struggle to reform American adoption / E. Wayne Carp. pages cm ISBN 978-0-472-11910-3 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-472-02990-7 (ebk) 1. Paton, Jean M., 1908– 2. Adoption—United States—History. 3. Open adoption— United States—History. 4. Adoptees—United States—History. 5. Birthparents—United States—History. 6. Social workers—United States—Biography. I. Title. HV875.P36C38 2014 362.734092—dc23 [B] 2013036411 To the memory of Jean M.Paton ...