Description - Texas Adoption Activist Edna Gladney by Sherrie S. McLeroy
In 1941, Greer Garsonearned an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Fort Worthâs EdnaGladney in Blossoms in the Dust. Alleyes turned toward the small yet mighty Gladney and her fight for childrenâsrights and adoption reform. Born in 1886, Edna Gladney was labeled asâillegitimateâ from birth and, as an adult, lobbied for that labelâs removalfrom all birth certificates. During World War I, when many women leftthe home to work, Edna opened an innovative daytime nursery to care for the childrenof these workingwomen. What became the GladneyCenter for Adoption has changed the lives of families and children the worldover. Author and Gladney parentSherrie McLeRoy tells Ednaâs amazing story alongside the making of the moviethat launched Edna and adoption reform beyond Fort Worthâs borders to nationalrecognition.
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