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Name:    Newton, Sarah
Profession:  None
Category:  African-American Experience, Human and Social Services
Description:    Sarah Newton was the founder of The Annie Malone Children´s Home. She aroused the interest of other black women in the community to create a home for orphans, half-orphans, neglected and dependent children. The Annie Malone Children´s Home was founded in 1888 as the St. Louis Colored Orphans Home and renamed in 1946 after Annie Turnbo Pope Malone provided a financial gift for the construction of a new building at it present site.



Events
Annie Malone Childrens Home founded

Reference
African-American Heritage of St. Louis: a Guide
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