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Article: Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
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- Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
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Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Attorney and patrician Elbridge Gerry founded the first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC) in New York City in December 1874. The NYSPCC sparked a movement. Within twenty-five years, over 150 organizations across the nation joined the effort to protect children from abuse. Gerry's involvement in the rescue of an eight-year-old girl, Mary Ellen, from her physically abusive guardians had persuaded him of the need to organize a society to protect children. What made the idea so contagious?
Since the mid-eighteenth century, many Americans had become increasingly sensitive to the pain of others, a development ...
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Article: Bannecke, Mary Ellen
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September 3, 2007 ;
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...Bannecke, Mary Ellen (Nee Konieczki) Aged 59. Died August ... vehicle on Thursday, August 23, 2007. Mary Ellen was born on February 1, 1948 in Stevens ... school and college. As a young girl, Mary Ellen was an accomplished accordion player ...
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