Hektoen International

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Tag: Grace Hannam Kimmins

  • The Heritage Craft Schools and Hospitals for Crippled Children

    Lisa Pruitt Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States   Grace Hannam Kimmins, 1870-1954, from Kimmins, p6* At the beginning of the twentieth century, following a decade of work among the London poor, Grace Hannam Kimmins (1870-1954) envisioned an idyllic rural retreat, a healing haven for children crippled by diseases associated with urban poverty. In 1903, she realized…