Forced adoptions left legacy of shame and guilt

Thousands of young women in the 1940s, '50s and '60s were forced to give up their babies for adoption -- and felt guilt and shame for doing so. Author and adoptee Ann Fessler has talked with many women who never forgot the experience, even as they hid the past from their current families.

Guests

• Ann Fessler: Author of "The Girls Who Went Away." Fessler is also a visual artist and photography professor at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Resources

• "The Girls Who Went Away"
• New York Times review of "The Girls Who Went Away"