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  2. Georgia Tann - Wikipedia

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    Beulah George "Georgia" Tann (July 18, 1891 – September 15, 1950) was an American social worker and child trafficker who operated the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an unlicensed adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee.

  3. Tennessee Children's Home Society - Wikipedia

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    The Tennessee Children's Home Society was chartered as a non-profit corporation in 1897. [2] In 1913, the Secretary of State granted the society a second charter. [2] The Society received community support from organizations that supported its mission of "the support, maintenance, care, and welfare of white children under seven years of age admitted to [its] custody."

  4. Tennessee Department of Children's Services - Wikipedia

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    Shelby Training Center - Memphis; Taft Youth Center - Unincorporated Bledsoe County. It opened around 1917. In 2011 Governor of Tennessee Bill Haslam called for several budget cuts, so Kathryn O'Day, the commissioner of DCS, called for the closure of this facility that November, stating there would be annual savings of $8.5 million. The final ...

  5. Turn-To - Wikipedia

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    He was sired by the British stallion Royal Charger, out of the French mare Source Sucree, whose sire, Admiral Drake, was third on the French sire list in 1949.. Imported to the United States of America as a yearling, Turn-to was bought at the Keeneland Sales for $20,000 (equivalent to $230,000 in 2023) to race for Capt. Harry F. Guggenheim's Cain Hoy Stable.

  6. Selective placement - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] There is evidence that selective placement was a major confound in many early studies of twins reared apart. [4] Some adoption studies report little or no evidence of selective placement. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] For example, a 1979 study by Ho et al. reported a generally low level of selective placement in adopted children for ...

  7. Hope House (Memphis, Tennessee) - Wikipedia

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    23 Idlewild St., S. Memphis, TN 38104 Hope House is a nonprofit organization for children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS and their families in Memphis, Tennessee , USA. It was founded in 1994 by the Junior League of Memphis [ 1 ] and opened in 1995. [ 2 ]

  8. Thoroughbred - Wikipedia

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    [76] [notes 3] Australia is the second largest producer of Thoroughbreds in the world with almost 30,000 broodmares producing about 18,250 foals annually. [78] Britain produces about 5,000 foals a year, [ 79 ] and worldwide, there are more than 195,000 active broodmares , or females being used for breeding, and 118,000 newly registered foals in ...

  9. South Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    On September 4, South Memphis was divided into four wards. The treasurer for the first corporate year made a report showing that the revenue amounted to $6,266.17, and licenses, etc., to $3,750.50. John T. Trezevant was mayor in 1847-48 and A. B. Taylor in 1849. The last meeting of the mayor and aldermen of South Memphis took place December 31 ...