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AACHM Oral History: Patricia Horne McGee

Patricia Horne McGeePatricia Horne McGee was born in 1946 in Ypsilanti, where she attended Perry Elementary and Ypsilanti High School. She recalls the mutual support and accomplishments of many childhood friends and neighbors, and reflects on rising tensions between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Horne McGee has two master's degrees from the University of Michigan and UCLA. She taught child development and social work for fifteen years at Ferris State College and Mercy College. After leaving academia, she worked for the Wayne County Intermediate School District and she was director of Head Start for Washtenaw County.

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They're Adoptable

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April
Year
1972
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Charity Unit's Future Cloudy

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11
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May
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1978
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Lois March Pins A Corsage On Honored Foster Parent Evelyn Bailey, January 1976 Photographer: Richard Walker

Lois March Pins A Corsage On Honored Foster Parent Evelyn Bailey, January 1976 image
Year:
1976
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 18, 1976
Caption:
Retired Supervisor of Children's Services Lois March pins a corsage on Evelyn Bailey.

William Bailey and Ralph Raiford, Honored Foster Parents, January 1976 Photographer: Richard Walker

William Bailey and Ralph Raiford, Honored Foster Parents, January 1976 image
Year:
1976
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 18, 1976
Caption:
William Bailey and Ralph Raiford met at a party given recently in their honor by the Washtenaw County Department of Social Services. The two men and their wives have provided foster care to some 270 children.

Donald & Gail Van Pelt Honor Foster Mother Evelyn Bailey, January 1976 Photographer: Richard Walker

Donald & Gail Van Pelt Honor Foster Mother Evelyn Bailey, January 1976 image
Year:
1976
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 18, 1976
Caption:
"We're going to that party," Donald Van Pelt told his new wife Gail. And come they did, all the way from Boulder, Colorado, bringing tears to his foster mother's eyes.