68.071113
Back in 1968, at the age of 18, my mother gave birth to a baby boy at White Shield in Portland. She remembers the routine of her daily duties, a dishwasher was her chore she chose to do. She was in a room with 5 other girls and she remembers that the girls went by their [...]
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Dishes & Ice Cream
Posted in 1960's, Searchers, Siblings on November 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Looking for Brother
Posted in 1940's, Searchers, Siblings on July 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
40.070726
I am just beginning the process of trying to locate the son that my mother relinquished for adoption in the early 1940’s. She stayed at and gave birth at the White Shield home. I did not learn about this child until after my mother’s death in 1989. It was, sadly, something she could never have [...]
Our Stories
If the path of your life passed through the doors of the White Shield Home, as mine did, you have a story to tell. Whether you were a birth-mother or a White Shield child, a Guild member or a social worker – your story is the story of White Shield.
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