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The New York Foundling, founded in 1869 by the Roman Catholic Sisters of Charity, is one of New York City's oldest and largest child welfare agencies. The Foundling operates programs in the five boroughs of New York City, Rockland County , and Puerto Rico .
Today the New York Foundling is one of the city's oldest and most successful child welfare agencies. On February 12, 1997, New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani signed a local law designating the southeast corner of the intersection of Avenue of the Americas and West 17th Street, Manhattan as "Sister Mary Irene Fitzgibbon Corner". [8]
The Sisters in New York established The New York Foundling in 1869, [6] an orphanage for abandoned children but also a place for unmarried mothers to receive care themselves and offer their children for adoption. (New York immigrant communities were plagued by prostitution rings that preyed on young women, and out-of-wedlock pregnancies were a ...
The New York Foundling Hospital was established in 1869 by Sister Mary Irene Fitzgibbon of the Sisters of Charity of New York as a shelter for abandoned infants. The Sisters worked in conjunction with Priests throughout the Midwest and South in an effort to place these children in Catholic families.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York is one of the largest charitable organizations in the New York metropolitan area. It is a federation made up of 90 social service agencies throughout the 10 counties of the Archdiocese of New York - Bronx, Dutchess, New York, Orange, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester.
The New York Infant Asylum was established in 1865 [1] [2] and initially located at 106th Street in New York City. [3] The asylum was created to care for foundlings and abandoned children, [2] [3] [4] providing them with shelter and basic needs.
New York Foundling Asylum, 175 East 68th Street. In the 1800s diphtheria was a devastating disease, especially lethal in children. The cause of death was usually asphyxia due to an obstructed airway. [1] A tracheotomy was often a necessary procedure to save a patient suffering with diphtheria from suffocation.
New York Nursery and Child's Hospital was an obstetrics and pediatrics hospital founded on May 2, 1854 by Mary Ann Delafield DuBois and Ana R. Emmit in New York City. [1] [2] Initially the Hospital served as a foundling home and provided care for New York's working women and their children. It was a pioneer in treating infants under the age of two.