▁then ▁moved ▁to ▁an ▁a partment , ▁then ▁a ▁n urs ing ▁home . ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁she ▁was ▁declared ▁a ▁pau per ▁and ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁Farm ▁Col ony , ▁St aten ▁Island ' s ▁poor house . ▁ ▁Red isc overy ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁Picture ▁Press ▁started ▁a ▁project ▁on ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁American ▁women ▁and ▁contact ed ▁arch ives ▁for ▁un pub lished ▁images . ▁C . ▁Cop es ▁Br in ley ▁of ▁the ▁St aten ▁Island ▁Historical ▁Society ▁had ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 ▁ext ant , ▁un catalog ued ▁Aust en ▁glass ▁plate ▁neg atives ▁of ▁the ▁roughly ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁she ▁took . ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁Const ance ▁F oul k ▁Robert ▁met ▁with ▁Br in ley ▁and ▁Mc Mill en ▁to ▁look ▁at ▁the ▁neg atives . ▁Oliver ▁J ensen ▁came ▁along ▁on ▁the ▁next ▁trip ▁and ▁he ▁published ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁photos ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁Revol t ▁of ▁Women . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁an ▁eight - page ▁story ▁in ▁Life ▁magazine , ▁and ▁published ▁six - pages ▁of ▁travel ▁photos ▁in ▁Hol iday ▁magazine . ▁The ▁publications ▁raised ▁more ▁than ▁$ 4 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁Aust en ▁and ▁she ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁move ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁Farm ▁Col ony ▁and ▁into ▁a ▁private ▁n urs ing ▁home . ▁On ▁October ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁Aust