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The Tennessee Children's Home Society thing was a huge scandal in the 1950s with screaming headlines and the whole deal. This woman worked with a corrupt female judge to literally snatch children from playgrounds and front yards and offer them for sale to the highest bidder. She did a lot of legitimate adoption work too, which makes things even more confusing. Thousands of parents are still trying to discover where their children went, thousands of adoptees are trying to find out who they really are. I couldn't find any reference to her in the articles on adoption or orphanages, so I thought I would do one about her and possibly a separate one about the Society although I don't think so. I am not one of the people affected, I am just interested in the story. You may have seen the film Stolen Babies with Mary Tyler Moore some years ago, or read Babies For Sale by Linda Astin. -- Bluejay Young 13:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
A number of her illegal adoptions were apparently attempts to rescue abused children. This is why it gets so confusing.
Bluejay Young 04:41, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure whether this belongs in the main article (which I have deleted it from), but I don't see any harm in including it on the talk page:
For information on illegal adoptions through the Tennessee Children's Home, the following address can be contacted: The Right To Know/P.O. Box 34334/Memphis, TN 38134.
The blurb about Ric Flair does not make sense as written. "June Allyson and husband Dick Powell also used the Memphis-based home for adopting a child, as did Ric Flair."
Flair was born in 1949 - there is no way he used Georgia Tann's services (presumably 20+ yrs later??) to adopt a child. Is the statement meant to say he's one of the children adopted by means of Georgia T's nefarious methods?....
Engr105th 23:33, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm wondering whether it's known or not if Georgia Tann ever took a baby that was part of a set of twins. In the 1940's of course there was no method of sonogram, and it was a best guess during a pregnancy whether or not a woman would have twins. As a rule, it was usually a surprise when twins were born. I'm wondering one other thing. Is it known whether or not this woman ever aquired babies from North Carolina.
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talk) 02:19, 2 November 2008 (UTC)D.Medlin
While the topic of the Tennessee Children's Home Society is unquestionably notable, the article contains little to no content that is not more extensively covered in the article on Georgia Tann. Since she was the owner and operator of TCHS, she and the "organization" were functionally one and the same, and it ended upon her death. I propose that the article be merged into the article "Georgia Tann."--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 02:26, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
The quality of this article has kind of degraded as more editorial, essay-style paragraphs with no references have been inserted. Anyone who wants to help with the effort (1) remove POV, anecdotal stories, (2) find references, and (3) trim anything that qualifies as original research would be welcome.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 01:55, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
The article as it exists has sections that are rambling, unsourced, and editorializing. I am concerned that the article is being used to promote a certain kind of strident anti-adoption politics. I am also concerned that some of the language used to describe Tann is misogynistic. The article can be edited to reflect the gravity of her crimes without the POV content and sexism. Bohemian Baltimore ( talk) 13:42, 17 September 2023 (UTC)