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  • Description is exactly "This young woman, committed to Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children when she was 20 years old, was part of a family identified by the Vermont Eugenics Survey as eugenically unfit. The pedigree includes the notation, "All siblings defective. One sister married a negro, one sister had an illegitimate child." Her "bad habits before commitment" are listed as: "Sex offender, syphilitic, Had two illegitimate children, which died.""

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This young woman, committed to Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children when she was 20 years old, was part of a family identified by the Vermont Eugenics Survey as eugenically unfit. The pedigree includes the notation, "All siblings…
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