Book Table of Contents

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Introduction by Helen Bowers
Introduction from the Interviewer Fay Choban

The Beginning 1922-1930

Ward of the State 1930-1936

• Meet Harry and Lucille
• Living with Uncle Harry and Aunt Lucille
• Orphanage Records About My Parents
• Reflection and Information Parents

The Orphanage 1936-1940

• My First Day
• The Cottages
• Daily Life in the Orphanage
• Reflection and Information on Orphanage Life
• Working in Homes
• A Brief History of the Owatonna Orphanage
• Reflection on Orphan and Abandoned Children Today and Working Homes

Courtship and the Start of Married Life 1940-1955

• Meeting My Future Husband
• Engagement and the Beginning of Married Life
• A Son Mitchell (Mitch) is Born
• A Daughter Elizabeth (Bette) is Born
• A Visit to See My Brother
• Reflection and Information – What does and Abused Woman Do in 1940?
• Childhood Illness
• The Accident
• Trip to My Mother’s
• Running Away
• Reflection and Information – Harold Le Vander
• Robert (Bob) My Second Son is Born
• A Daughter Barbara (Barb) is Born
• More Childhood Illness
• Getting Bob into a School

The Middle Years 1952-1965

• Prior Lake Cabin
• Vacations
• The Beginning of Volunteer Work
• Depression , Shock, and Insulin Treatments
• Reflection and Information on my Treatments
• The Sage of Getting Grandma Natalia out of Romania
• Mike’s Family
• Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and the Red Cross
• Natalia Arrives in the United States
• Reflection and Information on Senator Hubert H. Humphrey
• My Brothers and Parents

End of the Marriage 1965

• Life as a independent woman
• Retreats
• Making a New Life for Myself
• Sorority
• Reflection and Information – After the Divorce
• Domestic Violence

My Light at the End of the Tunnel 1966-1986

Marriage and a New Life 1986

• The Adult Family
• Revisiting the orphanage
• TV Interviews
• Birthday Party
• The Last Little Orphan

Epilogue 2005

Minnesota State Public School Orphanage

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