Out of the Darkness: The Story of Mary Ellen Wilson (Unabridged) Out of the Darkness: The Story of Mary Ellen Wilson (Unabridged)

Out of the Darkness: The Story of Mary Ellen Wilson (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

In New York City, in April of 1874, a most unusual event took place. A severely abused nine-year-old girl named Mary Ellen Wilson became the first child in America to be rescued from an abusive home. She had been beaten, burned, slashed with scissors, locked in a closet, and had never been outside of her tenement home in over 7 years. Thanks to the concern and dedication of a missionary named Etta Wheeler, the child was finally saved from her cruel captors. Henry Bergh's ASPCA - yes, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - was instrumental in securing her rescue. When no other agencies would become involved, the ASPCA used its power and influence to not only save Mary Ellen, but to charter the first organization of its kind to prevent cruelty to children, the NYSPCC - the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. This book remains the only book that tells the dramatic story of Mary Ellen's life and rescue.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
DT
Deb Thomas
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
11:57
hr min
RELEASED
2014
May 22
PUBLISHER
Dolphin Moon Publishing
PRESENTED BY
Audible.com
SIZE
534.7
MB
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