Belle Moore, Nurse
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Illustrating a common fate of orphaned children, here we see Bell Moore (spelled Belle here) living in the home of Milton and Margaret Craig as a servant with a given age of 13. Her occupation, listed as "nurse," suggests that her duties included caring for the couple's small children, despite her youth. Orphanages often hired out very young children, resulting in their exposure to sexual assault and workplace hazards.
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Belle Moore
Belle Moore is an example of the incomplete, often contradictory evidence available about orphan’s lives. Born in 1867, Belle may have been surrendered sometime around 1875 by her biological mother, Sallie Crum Moore, a Jeffersonville native, due to…