A Girl Like Her ~ A film from Ann Fessler

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Acclaimed author, artist, and activist Ann Fessler's film focuses on the women of the Baby Scoop Era in the United States.

http://vimeo.com/33927289


Film Synopsis


A GIRL LIKE HER reveals the hidden history of over a million young women who became pregnant in the 1950s and 60s and were banished to maternity homes to give birth, surrender their children, and return home alone. They were told to keep their secret, move on and forget. But, does a woman forget her child?

The film combines footage from educational films and newsreels of the time period about dating, sex, “illegitimate” pregnancy, and adoption—that both reflected and shaped the public’s understanding of single pregnancy during that time—with the voices of these mothers as they speak today, with hindsight, about the long-term impact of surrender and silence on their lives.


http://agirllikeher.com/

[me b zola]

1. Eventually it will sink in...

...that this is very much a feminist issue as much as a human rights issue. But I am a patient woman, after all the search my for my family, history, & story took me 49 years but I was successful!