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Podcast: Mind Your Own Karma - Beyond The Bandage
Episode: S3E37 - THE HISTORY OF ADOPTION FROM AN ADOPTEE'S PERSPECTIVE! ADOPTEE, PROF. REBECCA WELLINGTON
Description: Rebecca's career in education started on the ocean, sailing around the world on a traditionally rigged tall ship. Through this two-year global circumnavigation Rebecca trained for a US Coast Guard captain's license and went on to work in non-profit outdoor education, teaching kids to sail on the Charles River in Boston and later on the Puget Sound of Washington State.
Rebecca Wellington is an adoptee and author of the book Who Is a Worthy Mother, An Intimate History of Adoption. Â
She was driven to write a history of adoption in the United S...