Claudia NelsonCLAUDIA NELSON is a professor of English at Texas A&M University. She is author or editor of numerous books including Family Ties in Victorian England, The Girl’s Own: Cultural Histories of the Anglo-American Girl, 1830–1915 (Georgia), andLittle Strangers: Portrayals of Adoption in America, 1850–1929, which won the Children’s Literature Association award for the best scholarly book of the year. Read More Read Less