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A girl like her

A girl like her

DVD 2012

"A girl like her reveals the hidden history of over a million young women who became pregnant in the 1950s and 60s when "nice girls" didn't get pregnant. It was a time when young women were routinely expelled from high schools and colleges and banished to maternity homes or distant relatives where they could give birth, surrender their babies for adoption, and start over with a clean slate. But did they? The film combines footage from educational...

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Adoption United States Psychological aspects
Birthmothers United States
Unmarried mothers United States History 20th century
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Description:
1 videodisc (47 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: not rated
Notes:
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2011
"A film by Ann Fessler, author of The girls who went away"--Container
Music, Mike Reid, Jacqueline Schwab ; online editor, Mike Majoros ; documentary footage, Dennis Goulden ; edited by Ann Fessler
Control Number:
1159399
Other Authors:
Fessler, Ann, director, producer, editor of moving image work
Goulden, Dennis, director of photography
Majoros, Mike, editor
Reid, Mike, composer (expression)
Schwab, Jacqueline, instrumentalist
Women Make Movies (Firm), production company, publisher
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