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Photograph was edited for publication purposes The National Crittenton Foundation was founded in 1883 by Charles Nelson Crittenton, a drug manufacturer and distributor, shortly after his beloved 4-year-old daughter, Florence, died of Scarlet Fever. In his grief-stricken state, he was drawn to the sermons of street-preacher, Smith Allen, who devoted his time preaching on New York streets to "wayward women." Crittenton found a channel in which to direct his grief by turning his attention to finding ways to improve the lives of these women and other women in need such as, single mothers, homeless women, and abused and sexually exploited women. He created a safe haven, opening a home on Bleecker Street in New York and named it after his daughter, the Florence Crittenton Night Mission. The home was so successful in aiding these women that others were started in cities across America, creating the National Florence Crittenton Mission, an organization so successful it was recognized by congressional charter under President McKinley. In 1976, the organization merged as part of the Child Welfare League of America. In 2006, the organization re-emerged as it's own entity, the National Crittenton Foundation, whose goal and purpose remains to address the plight of young girls and women in need. Photograph caption dated May 11, 1965 reads, "San Fernando Florence Crittenton Circle members are in a nautical mood as they anticipate the circle's fund-raising event, a shipboard party, May 22. From left are Mmes. Hal Hutchings, George Robinson, Leonard Hoff and Howard Brock, president, front. The cruise around the new Marina del Rey in Venice will include dining and dancing aboard the sternwheeler Mansion Belle, believed to be the only sternwheeler in operation west of the Mississippi. All proceeds will be donated to the Florence Crittenton Home, Los Angeles, a non-profit, non-sectarian home for unwed mothers. Other committee members are Mrs. Kenneth Ledbetter and Mrs. George Anderson."
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