William and Lila Young
William and Lila Young
Lila Gladys Young
William Peach Young
The Youngs heavily advertised their maternity home to prospective
parents in New York and New Jersey.
(Bette Cahill)
Butterbox
The title of Bette Cahill's book, Butterbox Babies, and the
subsequent movie is a reference to the "butter boxes,"
wooden grocery crates from a local dairy used as coffins for the
babies murdered at the Ideal Maternity Home.
(Photo courtesy of Riva Barnett)
Ideal Maternity Home Survivors at the 1997 Reunion.
Monument to all the babies born at the Ideal Maternity Home,
dedicated in 1997.
Lila Gladys Young biography