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Orphan Schools in the United States
The casualties of American Civil WarAmerican Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
did more than simply reduce the male population of the country, they also dramatically increased the number of widows and orphans. Many states reacted to the crisis by erecting new (or taking over existing) buildings to "care for, educate and train the children of fallen soldiers."
See also
- OrphanageOrphanageAn orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans – children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to care for them...
- Foundling hospitalFoundling hospitalA foundling hospital was originally an institution for the reception of foundlings, i.e., children who had been abandoned or exposed, and left for the public to find and save...
- Residential educationResidential educationResidential Education, broadly defined, is a pre-college education provided in an environment where students both live and learn outside of their family homes. Varied forms of residential education have been in existence in the United States since before the nation's founding...
- Friends of the OrphansFriends of the OrphansFriends of the Orphans founded in the United States in 1965, is a registered 5013 non-profit corporation, Federal Tax ID# 65-1229309, dedicated to improving the lives of orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children through our support of the Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos/Nos Petits Freres etSoeurs ...
- Bellefaire OrphanageBellefaire OrphanageThe Bellefaire Orphanage was a Jewish orphanage in Cleveland Ohio founded in 1868 as an orphanage for children who lost their parents in the Civil War, making it one of the oldest orphanages in the US....
(Ohio) - Bethesda OrphanageBethesda OrphanageBethesda Academy is a boys orphanage and school located in unincorporated Chatham County, Georgia, USA, near Savannah....
(Georgia) - Girls and Boys TownGirls and Boys TownBoys Town, formerly Girls and Boys Town and Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, is a non-profit organization dedicated to caring for its children and families, with national headquarters in the village of Boys Town, Nebraska...
(Nebraska) - Leake and Watt's Children's HomeLeake and Watt's Children's HomeThe Leake and Watts Children's Home is an orphanage in New York City.-History:John George Leake was a New York lawyer who had no children or siblings. He died on June 2, 1827 at his home on Park Row in Manhattan. His estate had personal property valued at about $300,000 and real estate worth an...
(New York) - New York Foundling Hospital (New York)
- St Joseph's Orphanage (Crescent Hill, LouisvilleCrescent Hill, LouisvilleCrescent Hill is a neighborhood four miles east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. Area was originally called "Beargrass" because it sits on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek....
) - St. Cabrini HomeSt. Cabrini HomeSaint Cabrini Home is a non-profit organization that serves New York State youth with social or emotional difficulties, established in 1890 by Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini...
(New York) - Carversville Christian Orphanage (Carversville, PennsylvaniaCarversville, PennsylvaniaCarversville is an unincorporated community in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 45 miles north of Philadelphia. It was originally a Lenape gathering placed called Aquetong more than 300 years ago the area's land was granted to James Harrison and Joseph...
) - Light of Hope Orphanage (Gore OrphanageGore OrphanageGore Orphanage is the name used by some residents of the greater Cleveland, Ohio, area to refer to a legendary and supposedly haunted ruin near the city of Vermilion in Lorain County, Ohio...
) - Sequoyah High School (Oklahoma)Sequoyah High School (Oklahoma)Sequoyah High School is a Native American boarding school serving students in grades 7–12, who are members of a federally recognized Native American tribe...
- Howard Orphan Asylum (Weeksville, BrooklynWeeksville, BrooklynWeeksville is a neighborhood founded by African American freedmen in what is now Brooklyn, New York, United States, part of the present-day neighborhood of Crown Heights.-History:...
, NY) - Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum - Eureka Benevolent Society (San Francisco)
- Masonic Home for Children (Oxford, North CarolinaOxford, North CarolinaOxford is a city in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,461 at the 2010 census It is the county seat of Granville County.-History:...
) - Catholic CharitiesCatholic CharitiesCatholic Charities is a network of charities whose aim is "to provide service to people in need, to advocate for justice in social structures, and to call the entire church and other people of good will to do the same." It is one of the largest charities in the United States...
- Howard AssociationHoward AssociationHoward Association, a benevolent organization, was formed in Norfolk, Virginia during the 1855 Yellow Fever Epidemic which killed 1 in 3 residents of Norfolk and sister city Portsmouth in Hampton Roads. Contributions were used to set up a hospital and an orphanage, to feed the hungry and to bury...
- United States Children's BureauUnited States Children's BureauThe United States Children's Bureau is a federal agency organized under the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. Today, the bureau's operations involve improving child abuse prevention, foster care, and adoption...
- Orphans InternationalOrphans InternationalOrphans International Worldwide is a charitable organization created to house and educate orphans and abandoned children. In response to the crisis facing orphaned children around the world, former investment bank employee Jim Luce founded Orphans International in 1999...
- Charles Loring BraceCharles Loring BraceCharles Loring Brace was a contributing philanthropist in the field of social reform...
- Roman Catholic Orphan SchoolRoman Catholic Orphan SchoolThe Roman Catholic Orphan School was a Government Orphanage built on land adjacent to the third class penitentiary of the Parramatta female factory at Parramatta, NSW Australia, in 1841....