Maida Miller collection on the Florence Crittenton Home, 1912-1973.

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Maida Miller collection on the Florence Crittenton Home, 1912-1973.

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The collection contains various publications of Florence Crittenton associations, including annual reports, a 1917 national magazine, and 1968 newsletter. The collection contains a large amount of ephemera related to the Seattle home, collected by Maida Miller during the years of her employment. The collection also includes a number of photographs from the Seattle home, including photographs of the interior and exterior of the Home as well as snapshots of staff and others at Home related events.

2 boxes (.5 linear ft.)

Museum of History and Industry

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SNAC Resource ID: 6910645

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Florence Crittenton Home of Seattle

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The Florence Crittenton Home of Seattle (1899-1973) was a housing facility for single mothers located six miles south of Seattle in Dunlap, Washington. The Florence Crittenton Home of Seattle was opened on November 21, 1899, with two maternity wards and space for 50 women. It served mainly as a maternity home, where young women would live during the latter parts of their pregnancies and up to three months after giving birth. Children born in the Florence Crittenton Home were either placed for ad...

Miller, Maida M., 1919-2006

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Maida Miller worked at the Florence Crittenton Home of Seattle from 1959 until shortly before its closing in 1973. She started at the Seattle home as a housemother, later becoming the bookkeeper, and then Institutional Manager. Florence Crittenton homes are residential care facilities for teenage girls who are pregnant, parenting, or at-risk. Originally opened as refuges for young prostitutes, the homes soon became maternity centers for young, often poor, unmarried pregn...

Florence Crittenton Homes Association

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