At the heart of MU Associate Professor of History Catherine Rymph’s new book, Raising Government Children: A History of Foster Care and the American Welfare State, is a struggle not necessarily unique to her research’s 20th-century focus. From indentured servitude in the 17th century, to European alms houses and adult prisons, to the orphan trains … Continue reading Raising Government Children: Book Talk with MU's Catherine Rymph