“F.,The Gatewood Academy closed its doors in 1880, apparently they could not keep on going after Simon Black withdrew his financial aid. Mrs. Snow was put into the state insane asylum at Staunton, VA. Dr. Snow disappeared. (I don’t have a clue whatever happened to all those children, Dr. Ferrell!) The school itself is still standing but has now become a home for unwed mothers affiliated with the Reverend Jerry Falwell’s ministry as I said. Girls can go there and have a baby and get their GEDs at... the same time, and be ministered unto.Now here is what happened to some of Gatewood girls:Emma Bell Page became a famous missionary to China.Phoebe Taylor married a Boston minister and had eight children, one of them was a Senator.Harriet Stokes (the one who was “heavy”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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