Mooseheart, located in Kane County,

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, is an

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and a home for children administered by the

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. Also known as The Child City, the community is featured as a 1949 episode of

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'', which was written and narrated by

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. In 2013, Mooseheart celebrated its 100th anniversary with a rededication ceremony, public tours, fireworks, and other festivities. Like Moose Lodges, Mooseheart was originally only open to Caucasians. The facility was created to be a home for the widows and the children of members of the Loyal Order of Moose. Later, any child who had a family member who was a member of the Moose could be admitted. In 1994, admission policies were changed to allow any child in need to apply for admission, regardless of the family's affiliation or lack thereof with the Moose. In the 1950s, a pediatrician conducting a

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of children's growth at Mooseheart recalled there was tension since he felt that the board of directors was conducting the study to prove the superiority of the white race. By the 1990s, Mooseheart was open to children of all races and predominantly enrolled minority children. In 1994, four Mooseheart employees were convicted of sexually abusing children. Two years later, a Mooseheart employee was convicted of possession of

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References

* * Reymert & Hinton 1940
"The effect of a change to a relatively superior environment upon the IQs of one hundred children"''The Thirty-Ninth Yearbook Of The National Society For The Study Of Education: Intelligence, Its Nature And Nurture, Part II: Original Studies And Experiments''

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Mooseheart

CORE: Coalition for Residential Education
{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Kane County, Illinois Populated places established in 1912 1912 establishments in Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois Moose International Orphanages in the United States

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