Context: The Gilded Age (1870s-1900) was a time of rapid industrial expansion in the United Sates, especially in the North and West. The Rise of Industrialism led to many natural resources and a strong work force for both skilled and unskilled workers, woman, and African Americans. Railroads were the biggest industry, and the importance in factory system, mining, and finance also increased. In the agriculture industries farms were growing more than ever and land was very cheap. Many entrepreneurs like JP Morgan and Andrew Carnegie became extremely wealthy during this period of time. JP Morgan was a powerful investment banker and Andrew Carnegie was the owner of the United States steel and build the first skyscrapers in New York. However, the
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There was never a rich baby left out on the streets, only those who came from an extremely poor mother. Most babies come from the East where their mothers were not married and had no name other than their own to bestow upon the baby. In most cases, mothers would only wrap the innocent babies in newspaper. In rare occasions, they were some found in a clean slip and a little message pinned onto their diaper. The messages would be a note for those who picked them up, thanking them and asking them to please take care of them. The Sisters of Charity takes on the task of picking them up. During the midwinter when families were inside their homes wrapped in warm blanks or during the hottest steaming days when families were enjoying days in a swimming pool, at least 3 babies were found in hallways and areas of the rich. They were left near areas where rich people lived because mothers thought that those happier hearts may have love to spare for their little ones. Which the mother were wrong. A deserted baby will never find home and friends at once. The babies are sent to Randall’s Island Hospital where they are given a number and a bottle then hope for someone to rescue them. Sometimes the babies are half dead by the time they find them.
There was never a rich baby left out on the streets, only those who came from an extremely poor mother. Most babies come from the East where their mothers were not married and had no name other than their own to bestow upon the baby. In most cases, mothers would only wrap the innocent babies in newspaper. In rare occasions, they were some found in a clean slip and a little message pinned onto their diaper. The messages would be a note for those who picked them up, thanking them and asking them to please take care of them. The Sisters of Charity takes on the task of picking them up. During the midwinter when families were inside their homes wrapped in warm blanks or during the hottest steaming days when families were enjoying days in a swimming pool, at least 3 babies were found in hallways and areas of the rich. They were left near areas where rich people lived because mothers thought that those happier hearts may have love to spare for their little ones. Which the mother were wrong. A deserted baby will never find home and friends at once. The babies are sent to Randall’s Island Hospital where they are given a number and a bottle then hope for someone to rescue them. Sometimes the babies are half dead by the time they find them.