First Prison for Women In the U.S.?
As we read and hear more about the House of Refuge For Women built in 1887 in Hudson, NY, we wonder where this institution fits within the history of women’s imprisonment in the United States. So, the...
View ArticleWho’s Punching the Clock?
Hudson, NY resident Debra Gallo sent in this wonderful photo of some of the people who made up the maintenance crew at the Girls Training School in 1954. Problem is we don’t know the names of any of...
View ArticleName the Warden
Abraham “Abe” Novick, Superintendent of the NYS Training School For Girls, 1953 to 1963 Named as a Social Work Pioneer http://www.naswfoundation.org/pioneers/default.asp by the National...
View ArticleWhere is Margo Bake?
According to this undated article from Newsday, a newspaper based in Long Island, NY, ‘Missing Person’ Margo Bake, ran away from the NYS Training School for Girls in 1949. She was 5 months pregnant...
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