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Juvenile Justice on Trial

Juvenile Justice on Trial

07/29/2021 in DC by Ben Miller

In 1936, D.C. officials hired Carrie Weaver Smith to reform the National Training School for Girls. 18 months later, they fired her. But Smith was not going away without a fight.

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