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In 1876, charitable women organized home for the friendless societies in various parts of the state, having for their object the maintenance of a home in Lincoln, for homeless women and children. [3] This Home was duly incorporated in 1876 by some charitable women to afford a home for homeless children, and homeless women, young or old.
The Milford Industrial Home, formerly called Nebraska Maternity Home, was an institution in Milford, Nebraska, which housed unmarried pregnant women. [1] For a while it was the only such institution in the country. It was founded by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1887, and the first woman was admitted in 1889. The women were under strict ...
The League consisted of anyone looking to aid the sisters: men, women, Catholic and non-Catholic. [4] By July 1900, the Home of the Good Shepherd had expanded to two buildings, giving the girls room for chores and sewing. Between July 1915 and March 1917 they built a permanent chapel making a cloistered order for the Sisters Magdalen possible.
Boys Town, Nebraska. Boys Town was founded on December 12, 1917, [1] as an orphanage for boys. Originally known as "The City of Little Men", the organization was begun by Edward J. Flanagan, a Roman Catholic priest, while he worked in the Diocese of Omaha.
The Methodist Orphanage of Raleigh might seem an unlikely spot for young romance, housing 325 children who’d lost at least one parent. Peggy and Billy both arrived there because their fathers ...
Eliza Merrill left Nebraska soon after the death of her husband to return with their son to Albany, New York, where she established an orphanage. Settlers used the old mission for church services past the 1860s.
2017 Lincoln Nebraska Women's March; 2024 Nebraska Initiative 434; 2024 Nebraska Initiative 439; A. Abortion in Nebraska; C. College of Saint Mary; L. Lincoln Legion ...
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