Black Child Savers Along the Hudson
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The story of how Jane Bolin and the NAACP fought in the 1940s to prohibit public funding of charitable institutions that practiced racial discrimination.
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House of Refuge for Women Founder Inspires New York City's First Monument Dedicated to a Woman
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In 1912, a granite fountain designed by artist Charles Platt was dedicated in New York City’s Bryant Park to the memory of Josephine Shaw Lowell.
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 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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