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This Workplace: GBHS (Greater Birmingham Humane Society)

by This Workplace in the 21st century

The Greater Birmingham Humane Society
dates back to 1883 when it was
founded by educator Dr. John Herbert
Phillips. Phillips believed in teaching children
the value of compassion and the humane treat-
ment of animals. He founded the Birmingham
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and
Animals, as well as the city’s first high school and Birmingham’s
public library. The Greater Birmingham Humane Society is the
largest and olde…