Mon, Mar 31
|Home of Marty Sinclair
OP Hobbies: Reading with Readers - Mansion on a Hill
Order this book by KelLee Parr who tells about the true story of the Willows Maternity Sanitarium here in KC where his mother and more than 35,000 other children were born and then adopted in the early to mid 1900s when KC was known as the adoption hub of America. We'll get together to discuss.
Time & Location
Mar 31, 2025, 6:45 PM – 8:00 PM
Home of Marty Sinclair, 14750 Bond St, Overland Park, KS 66221, USA
About the Event
Mansion on a Hill
This book by KelLee Parr is a true story of a wave of humanity that traveled to the Midwest by train. Not well documented in American history, over 100,000 pregnant, unwed young women traveled mostly by train to Kansas City – known as the Adoption Hub of America – in the early- to mid-1900s. They would live in one of several maternity facilities before giving birth, signing their babies over for adoption and returning home empty handed and heartbroken.
One of these facilities was The Willows Maternity Sanitarium, known as the "Ritz" or "Waldorf" of the maternity hospitals. It truly was a Mansion on a Hill and one of the largest of such facilities in America. This is the incredible, true story of The Willows and the compassionate family, yet savvy business owners, who started and operated the seclusion "home" from 1905 until its closing in…
Tickets
Reading with Readers
Includes all applicable sales tax and is nonrefundable.
$5.00
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