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History: Hoping For a Home: the Orphan Trains


Enrichment Adult / Home -
AE 2425 Winter Spring

From 1854 to 1930, more than 200,000 children were put on trains to remove them from the poverty and danger of the city streets in the East. They were to be offered to morally upright farm families in the Midwest, many in Minnesota. The children were put on display and chosen by those willing to take them, with results that were sometimes great and sometimes horrible. Come learn about the process and the stories of the children who went through it, hoping for a home

Kathleen Simmer

Kathy Simmer taught in the St. Paul Public Schools and was very interested in historical research. Upon retirement she began teaching classes on American history topics in several suburbs and for various organizations. She likes to include the details that are often left out of the history books. 

Kathy's portion of the class fee is donated to the Alzheimer's Association or the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research.  Thank you.

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  Kathleen Simmer


Normandy Park Education Center : 153 Senior Center
Friday, May 9
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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$ 18.00
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