Searching for Clues in Hudson
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Frankie Bailey investigates the fascinating history of the first reformatory for women in New York, the House of Refuge for Women in Hudson, NY, and the main historical players behind it.
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"Please hurry with some word"
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The stories of some of the residents at the New York State Training School for Girls during the 1920s as told by the letters they wrote and received.
Read MoreWhere is Margo Bake?
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Margo Bake was five months pregnant when she arrived at the Hudson Girls' Training School. She ran away in 1949, and now her son is trying to find her.
Read MoreThe "Ungovernable" Ella Fitzgerald
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On April 10, 1933, a fifteen-year-old “colored” girl named Ella Fitzgerald was sentenced to the New York State Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY.
Read MoreThe Delaney Report (1915)
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In 1915, Commissioner of the NY Department of Efficiency and Economy John Delaney released a report condemning the Training School for Girls in Hudson, NY.
Read MoreThe More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same... Or Do They?
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Echoing a century-old trend, today’s reformers’ are critical of large juvenile prisons and aim to create small, ‘home-like’ environments for confined youth.
Read More"She Was Incorrigible..."
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Lisa Durfee found these photos, documents, and other 1920s ephemera from the New York State Training School For Girls at a garage sale in Hudson, NY.
Read MoreWhy Is It Important To "Remember"?
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Excerpt from our oral history with Mary Allen, who remembers teaching at the Girls' Training School in Hudson, NY and the Brookwood Annex in Claverack, NY.
Read MoreNew York State Training School for Girls
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In 1904, the Women's House of Refuge was replaced by the New York State Training School for Girls, a juvenile reform institution in Hudson, NY.
Read MoreHouse of Refuge for Women, 1887–1904
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Opened in 1887, the New York State House of Refuge for Women in Hudson, NY was only the second reformatory for women established by law in the U.S.
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