A girl like her

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"A girl like her reveals the hidden history of over a million young women who became pregnant in the 1950s and 60s when "nice girls" didn't get pregnant. It was a time when young women were routine...

"A girl like her reveals the hidden history of over a million young women who became pregnant in the 1950s and 60s when "nice girls" didn't get pregnant. It was a time when young women were routinely expelled from high schools and colleges and banished to maternity homes or distant relatives where they could give birth, surrender their babies for adoption, and start over with a clean slate. But did they? The film combines footage from educational films and newsreels - that both reflected and shaped the public's understanding of single pregnancy during that time - with the voices of these mothers as they speak today, about the long-term impact of surrender and silence on their lives."--Container.

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