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'''Jean M. Paton''' (1908–2002) was an American [[adoptee rights]] activist who worked tirelessly "over five decades to reverse harmful policies, practices, and laws concerning adoption and closed records."<ref>{{ |
'''Jean M. Paton''' (1908–2002) was an American [[adoptee rights]] activist who worked tirelessly "over five decades to reverse harmful policies, practices, and laws concerning adoption and closed records."<ref name="Carp2014">{{cite book |last=Carp |first=E. Wayne |url=https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/tm70mw02t |title=Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption |date=2014 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0-472-11910-3 |location=Ann Arbor, MI |language=en |doi=10.3998/mpub.6242018}}</ref> Paton founded the adoptee support and search network, Orphan Voyage in 1953 and was instrumental in the creation of the American Adoption Congress and Concerned United Birthparents in the 1970s.<ref name="UOregon">{{cite web |title=Adoption History: Jean M. Paton, The Adopted Break Silence, 1954 |url=https://pages.uoregon.edu/adoption/archive/PatonTABS.htm |website=The Adoption History Project |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Jean Paton was born in [[Detroit]] on December 27, 1908.<ref name="VintageBastardy">{{cite web |title=Jean Paton, 1908-2002 |url=https://www.vintagebastardy.com/bq/bq19/Jean_Paton.html |website=Vintage Bastardy |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref> |
Jean Paton was born in [[Detroit]] on December 27, 1908.<ref name="VintageBastardy">{{cite web |title=Jean Paton, 1908-2002 |url=https://www.vintagebastardy.com/bq/bq19/Jean_Paton.html |website=Vintage Bastardy |access-date=16 November 2024}}</ref> |
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Paton died on March 27, 2002 at the North Regional Medical Center in Harrison, Arkansas.<ref name="Carp2014">{{rp|p=1}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 20:04, 16 November 2024
Jean M. Paton (1908–2002) was an American adoptee rights activist who worked tirelessly "over five decades to reverse harmful policies, practices, and laws concerning adoption and closed records."[1] Paton founded the adoptee support and search network, Orphan Voyage in 1953 and was instrumental in the creation of the American Adoption Congress and Concerned United Birthparents in the 1970s.[2]
Biography
Jean Paton was born in Detroit on December 27, 1908.[3]
Paton died on March 27, 2002 at the North Regional Medical Center in Harrison, Arkansas.<ref name="Carp2014">: 1
References
- ^ Carp, E. Wayne (2014). Jean Paton and the Struggle to Reform American Adoption. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. doi:10.3998/mpub.6242018. ISBN 978-0-472-11910-3.
- ^ "Adoption History: Jean M. Paton, The Adopted Break Silence, 1954". The Adoption History Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Jean Paton, 1908-2002". Vintage Bastardy. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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