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2017.
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English
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By the mid 1800 the street corners of New York City were home to several thousand homeless, abandoned and orphaned children. Relief came with the establishment of the Children's Aid Society in 1853 by one Charles Loring Brace. The society would gather likely orphans and send them west by train in groups of anywhere from 6-100, stopping at predetermined destinations where it was known foster homes were available. Agents were to visit these foster homes...
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2022.
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English
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"A deeply compelling exploration of the death industry and the people-morticians, detectives, crime scene cleaners, embalmers, executioners-who work in it and what led them there. We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what we're so afraid of, when we are never given the chance to look? Fueled by...
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In this new 2022 high-definition program, learn all about butterflies, moths and the amazing process of metamorphosis. How many varieties of butterflies and moths are there? Why do butterflies have spots on their wings that look like eyes? What evolutionary benefit might these "eyes" provide? Do moths really make silk? How does a caterpillar become a butterfly or moth? What is a chrysalis? How are Monarch butterflies capable of multi-generational...
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English
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In the late 1800s, Maggie Walker, an African American community leader, helped establish a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, a community center, and an educational loan fund, among other humanitarian projects. She was also the first woman in the United States to become founder and president of a chartered bank.
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