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X-WR-CALDESC:Rebecca Wellington will share her journey of writing ‘Who Is a
  Worthy Mother’ and how it opened a watershed of impactful\, historical in
 formation about adoption policies and practices in America. On this journe
 y\, she has learned that the way our society practices adoption has deep i
 mplications about how our nation differentially values women and mothers.
 \n\nAbout Rebecca\nRebecca Wellington has taught high school social studie
 s\, as well as undergraduate courses and graduate level courses in educati
 on history and curriculum and instruction. Her higher-education teaching a
 dventures have taken her to universities across Western Washington\, inclu
 ding University of Washington\, Seattle University and the University of P
 uget Sound. She holds a doctorate in Education History from the University
  of Washington\, where she taught in the undergraduate program of the Coll
 ege of Education. Rebecca's career in education started on the ocean\, sai
 ling around the world on a traditionally rigged tall ship. Through this tw
 o-year global circumnavigation Rebecca trained for a US Coast Guard captai
 n's license and went on to work in non-profit outdoor education\, teaching
  kids to sail on the Charles River in Boston and later on the Puget Sound 
 of Washington State. Rebecca's scholarly articles have been published in t
 he History of Education Quarterly\, the American Indian Quarterly and the 
 Pacific Northwest Quarterly. Rebecca was driven to write a history of adop
 tion in the United States from the perspective of an adoptee and to honor 
 the memory of her older sister and truth of brave women everywhere. Rebecc
 a's proudest accomplishment is mothering her two daughters\, Maria and Vic
 toria. She and her husband and daughters live in Seattle\, Washington on t
 he traditional homelands of the Duwamish people.
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DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Wellington will share her journey of writing ‘Who Is a 
 Worthy Mother’ and how it opened a watershed of impactful\, historical inf
 ormation about adoption policies and practices in America. On this journey
 \, she has learned that the way our society practices adoption has deep im
 plications about how our nation differentially values women and mothers.\n
 \nAbout Rebecca\nRebecca Wellington has taught high school social studies\
 , as well as undergraduate courses and graduate level courses in education
  history and curriculum and instruction. Her higher-education teaching adv
 entures have taken her to universities across Western Washington\, includi
 ng University of Washington\, Seattle University and the University of Pug
 et Sound. She holds a doctorate in Education History from the University o
 f Washington\, where she taught in the undergraduate program of the Colleg
 e of Education. Rebecca's career in education started on the ocean\, saili
 ng around the world on a traditionally rigged tall ship. Through this two-
 year global circumnavigation Rebecca trained for a US Coast Guard captain'
 s license and went on to work in non-profit outdoor education\, teaching k
 ids to sail on the Charles River in Boston and later on the Puget Sound of
  Washington State. Rebecca's scholarly articles have been published in the
  History of Education Quarterly\, the American Indian Quarterly and the Pa
 cific Northwest Quarterly. Rebecca was driven to write a history of adopti
 on in the United States from the perspective of an adoptee and to honor th
 e memory of her older sister and truth of brave women everywhere. Rebecca'
 s proudest accomplishment is mothering her two daughters\, Maria and Victo
 ria. She and her husband and daughters live in Seattle\, Washington on the
  traditional homelands of the Duwamish people.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - Understanding the History of Adoption in America in Order
  to Understand the Lived Experiences of Adoptees and Mothers Today with Re
 becca Wellington
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