And my mother was 8 years old at the time when a limousine pulled up. She lived with her mommy and daddy in a little shack along the Mississippi River. And children - dozens of children - died within short periods of time.” Lisa Wingate "Doctors were telling to quit bringing in more babies. And children - dozens of children - died within short periods of time.” Doctors were telling to quit bringing in more babies. And there were times when epidemics swept through the main orphanage. … And that person's job was to not bring the baby back, wheel the baby out in the sun or whatever, and let it expire.
So, if a child was sickly, or had a birth defect, or a health problem, or it was just too fussy, or not cute enough - not marketable, in other words. Lisa Wingate: “Some 500 to 600 are estimated to have died in the care of the Tennessee Children's Home Society, because it was a for-profit industry. On the children who died while living in the Tennessee Children’s Home Society If she saw availability, she took advantage of it." Lisa Wingate She would canvas poor parts of town, shanty towns, along the river. "She would take children off the street, off front porches. And, so, it was very easy for her to roll up and say, ‘Hey, would you like a ride in my nice car?’ And she's this grandmotherly looking woman. Many children had never been in a car, during those years. That was before the day and time, ‘Don't talk to strangers’ and, ‘Don’t get in a car with anybody.’ And, so, it was very easy for her to roll up. People used to leave children out to sit in the yard, or put a crib out on the porch. If she saw availability, she took advantage of it. She would canvas poor parts of town, shanty towns along the river. Lisa Wingate: “She would take children off the street, off front porches. On how Georgia Tann, of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society, would kidnap children Norma Sue was then adopted with her twin sister by a couple in Philadelphia. ( Georgia Tann kidnapped her mother Norma Sue and five of her siblings in 1942. 1 New York Times-bestseller " Before We Were Yours," a novel about the Tennessee Children’s Home Society scandal.
Lisa Wingate, co-author of the new book " Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home." Author of the No. We unspool the sordid story and talk with survivor families.
Sign up for the On Point newsletter here.įrom the 1920s to 1950, babies were sold on the black market from a Memphis children’s home. (Alex Schroeder/On Point) This article is more than 3 years old. "Before and After," by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate.
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