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Clara Hale

1905–1992

United States

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Clara McBride Hale (April 1, 1905 – December 18, 1992), also known as Mother Hale, was an American humanitarian who founded the Hale House Center], a home for disadvantaged children and children who were born addicted to drugs in the Harlem section of New York City.

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