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Annie McClain

Annie McClain

Annie McClain, the troubled child on whose behalf Hannah Schoff interceded in criminal court and convinced the judge to treat Annie as a trouble child rather than a criminal adult. Schoff regarded this case as the starting point of her crusade for juvenile courts. 

Neighborhoods
Powelton Village
Themes
Biography
26 March 1899
Attribution/Credit

Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine