

Blossoms in the Dust
After losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.
















9 February 1886, Dublin, Ireland

10 August 1891, Orange, New Jersey, USA


February 28, 1913 in Durant, Mississippi, USA

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30 August 1904, San Francisco, California, USA

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December 14, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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July 26, 1899 in San Francisco, California, USA

6 June 1894, Ireland

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September 22, 1879 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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November 1, 1882 in Seneca City, South Carolina, USA

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May 30, 1891 in Spokane, Washington, USA

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January 27, 1896 in Roswell, New Mexico, USA

3 May 1893, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

15 August 1900, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

May 26, 1890 in Bombay, India

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31 August 1914, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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July 4, 1907 in San Antonio, Texas, USA