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Reforming Delinquent Children

Bartelme.jpg
"The Unprotected Girl"
"A source of moral and physical contamination"
"Instruct and entertain the young girls who have been paroled"
"It gives to these girls their
only idea of home life"
"Learn the lure that was drawing these children"
"To study and reconstruct the delinquent girl"

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Reforming Delinquent Children

Description

At the dawn of the Progressive Era, clubwomen increasingly studied the causes and solutions to delinquency. In particular, the CWC sought to understand the downfall of young women in the city. Clubwomen frequently emphasized the necessity of industriousness and positive role models to reform young delinquent. Accordingly, clubwomen like Judge Mary Bartelme, pictured below, worked with Chicago’s Juvenile Court to reform probation practices for juvenile delinquents.

Source

Image: “Judge Mary Bartelme.” 1910. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ggb2005012702/.
Minutes: Chicago Woman’s Club Records, Chicago History Museum.