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Georgia Tann. Beulah George "Georgia" Tann (July 18, 1891 – September 15, 1950), was an American social worker and child trafficker who operated the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an unlicensed adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee. Tann used the home as a front for her black market baby adoption scheme from the 1920s to 1950.
- Social worker
- Hickory, Mississippi, U.S.
- 5,000 estimated children stolen; at least 19 killed due to abuse
Nov 7, 2019 · The book collects some of the stories of adoptees who survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society, the adoption mill run by Georgia Tann from 1924 to 1950. Tann sent thousands of children to wealthy families across the South, many of them died or were mistreated. The book reveals how the adoptees searched for their birth families and found each other through their own efforts.
- Lyda Phillips
Dec 4, 2019 · Dec 4, 2019, 5:44 AM PST. While serving as the director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society, Georgia Tann stole over 5,000 babies and was responsible for the deaths of hundreds more. Benjamin ...
Jul 24, 2020 · Georgia Tann was the child of a powerful judge in Mississippi and a southern belle. “Social work was one of the few acceptable careers for women of Tann’s class, and despite having no empathy ...
Jun 11, 2018 · Georgia Tann was a notorious figure who ran a black market baby operation in Memphis from the 1920s to the 1950s, stealing children from poor and needy families and selling them to the highest bidder. The victims of her scheme, who include celebrities, socialites and orphans, share their stories and their struggles to find their lost children in this article based on a new book by Lisa Wingate.
- Ron Maxey
Feb 19, 2018 · From 1924 to 1950, Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children’s Home Society stole and sold an estimated 5,000 children. Special Collections Department/University of Memphis Georgia Tann. When most people consider a life of thievery and crime, the last thing they’d think of stealing is a baby. Generally speaking, babies are a pain in the neck.
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Jun 21, 2021 · Georgia Tann allegedly kidnapped, lied, and neglected thousands of children in Tennessee for profit. She adopted out babies to wealthy families, including Joan Crawford and Lana Turner, and died before facing justice.
