Pearls buck foundation adoption
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Buck at about the time she was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Pearl Buck, who won both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes, was one of the best known and most widely read American novelists of the twentieth century. She was also an adoptive parent, a prominent early critic of racial and religious matching, a thorn in the side of the child welfare establishment, and an advocate of special needs, transracial, and international adoptions.
The child of Protestant missionaries, Buck spent the first half of her life in China and the second half living in the United States. Her formative experience abroad led her to write prolifically about Asia for western audiences and work tirelessly on behalf of international humanitarianism and intercultural understanding. She was a multiculturalist who hoped to dignify Chinese history and make cultural difference understandable for Americans. But she was also an anti-communist and a champion of civil rights who believed that the human story was fund
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Pearl S. Buck International
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A National Historic Landmark, the site interprets the life and work of Buck, a writer, advocate, and humanitarian, and the first woman to receive both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes for literature. Buck founded the Welcome House Adoption Agency in , and in founded the Pearl S. Buck Foundation as a child sponsorship organization to help children in their own countries with health, education, and job training. Both initiatives are still functioning today, under the umbrella of Pearl S. Buck International.
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Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck speaking informally with Wilson students in
Pearl S. Buck surrounded bygd eager students.
Pearl S. Buck was a notable humanitarian, author, and social activist. Winner of the Nobel Prize in literature and tireless advocate for the adoption of Asian and mixed race children, her legacy lives on today.
Buck was born in West Virginia, but was raised in China by her parents who served as missionaries there. She was bilingual, and after attending college in the United States, she returned to China to work.
Her first novel, one of 70 books she would later publish, was released in Arguably her most famous work, Good Earth followed in Most of her works, these included, focus on every-day life in China, and offer readers glimpses of Chinese tradition and modernity.
In , Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, making her the first American woman to receive this honor. In , she founded Welcome House, the first adoption agency of its kind, as i