North Dakota's Children's Homes & Foster Care During the Great Depression

Authors

Signe SvendsenFollow

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Description

This zine explores the experiences of children placed in North Dakota's children's homes and foster care systems during the Great Depression. As poverty, unemployment, and family instability increased, many children were separated from their families, revealing how economic crisis reshaped child welfare in the state, and how this affected families.

Publication Date

2-6-2026

Keywords

history, north dakota, Children's Homes, Foster Care

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Svendsen, Signe, "North Dakota's Children's Homes & Foster Care During the Great Depression" (2026). History Hawks: A North Dakota History Zine. 19.
https://commons.und.edu/history-hawks/19

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