Browse Items (1 total)
- Description is exactly "This pedigree describes a boy who was first committed to the Vermont Industrial School before being transferred to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children when he was roughly 12 yeas old. The eugenic social worker who completed the pedigree speaks ill of the boy's mother, describing her as "epileptic" and a "sex offender" who wreaked havoc on the men in her life. Under "Additional Information," the social worker writes, "Two men sent to Windsor [the state prison] on mother's account." This pedigree also offers a glimpse into another side of the eugenics story. While this boy was institutionalized, his younger sibling was adopted by an upstanding family. Under the positive eugenic influence of his adoptive parents, he subsequently "Took first prize in baby show when three years old." "
Sort by:
