As Elizabeth Johnston walked among the convicts in an Alabama prison mining camp, she was stunned to see teenage boys working alongside hardened criminals.
After several difficult years, Johnston and her all-fema.
With the support of women across the state, she persuaded the Alabama legislature to establish the Alabama Boys\' Industrial School in 1900.
As a result of that disturbing experience, she vowed to remove youngsters from such wretched conditions by establishing a Home for Wayward boys.
As Elizabeth Johnston walked among the convicts in an Alabama prison mining camp, she was stunned to see teenage boys working alongside hardened criminals