Pedigree 37 - Female

Title

Subject

Collaboration between the Eugenics Survey of Vermont and the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children in the 1920s.

Description

This pedigree describes a girl who was committed to the Vermont State School in 1922 when she was 16; she was later discharged. Her "defect" is listed as "Prostitute," and under "Additional Information," the social worker states that she later moved to Waterbury, Vermont, where she "conducted regular trade with soldiers at fort."

Creator

Eugenics Survey of Vermont.

Harriett Abbott, Vermont Eugenics Survey field investigator.

Source

Records of the Eugenics Survey of Vermont. Eugenics Survey of Vermont and the Vermont Commission on Country Life Records 1925-1956. Series ID: PRA-005. Vermont State Archives.

Date

1925

Rights

Open Access. Publication contingent on the removal of personal identifying information. All names have been redacted from the document.

Relation

The University of Vermont has created an online resource containing many documents relating to the Eugenics Survey of Vermont. The url is http://www.uvm.edu/~eugenics/.

Format

Typescript page following a simple format, with names redacted.

Language

English

Type

eugenics.