Mother Evicted from House Gives Birth Under a Tree, Baby Dies, Aug. 18, 1925

Unfit for Animals—Yet Mother Was Evicted from the House to Bear Child in Open

Evicted from a pigsty home, which officials say was not fit for animals to live in, Mrs. Anne Cooper, 19, of Phoenix Park near Chicago, gave birth to a baby under a tree. The baby died. Mrs. Cooper, whose husband fled three months ago to evade robbery charges, has never paid rent due to the dilapidated state of the building.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, August 18, 1925. To see a photo of Mrs. Cooper and the house, go to:

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