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Ex-welfare recipients -- Biography.
Ex-welfare recipients -- Mental health.
Ex-welfare recipients -- Social conditions.
First Nations children -- Social conditions.
Child welfare -- Anecdotes.
Poor girls -- Biography.
First Nations children -- Biography.
Poor children -- Biography.
Welfare recipients -- Biography.
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Ex-welfare recipients -- Biography.
Ex-welfare recipients -- Mental health.
Ex-welfare recipients -- Social conditions.
First Nations children -- Social conditions.
Child welfare -- Anecdotes.
Poor girls -- Biography.
First Nations children -- Biography.
Poor children -- Biography.
Welfare recipients -- Biography.
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Overcome : stories of women who grew up in the child welfare system / [edited by] Anne Mahon.
Great Plains Publications, 2022.
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362
.7092
O96m
Subjects
Ex-welfare recipients -- Biography.
Ex-welfare recipients -- Mental health.
Ex-welfare recipients -- Social conditions.
First Nations children -- Social conditions.
Child welfare -- Anecdotes.
Poor girls -- Biography.
First Nations children -- Biography.
Poor children -- Biography.
Welfare recipients -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781773370835 (pbk)
Description:
312 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Summary:
"Abandonment, loss, endless transitions, self-reliance, continued persistence, and fierce beauty all coexist in this collection of stories of ten women who journey from victims of the child welfare system to survivors, and beyond. These women face endless challenges, oppression, and trauma but discover their power through: creativity, advocacy, self-awareness, education, motherhood, and extreme empathy. They decipher their personal stories looking back through the lens of their lived experience to contribute to changing the narratives of how people who grew up in the child welfare system see themselves, and how society sees them. These stories illustrate the direct and multi-faceted relationships between residential schools, the breakdown of Indigenous families, the perpetuated systemic racism of the child welfare system and oppression through other societal systems. Many of these women are the voices of those who could have been murdered and missing Indigenous women or girls but have lived to tell their stories. Embracing their humanity, their courageous sharing teaches and informs us. These heartbreaking and inspiring stories will educate and create change."--Publisher.
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Mahon, Anne, 1965-
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