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- Description is exactly "This pedigree describes a woman who was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children in 1922 when she was 22 years old. Her family was the subject of a broader family pedigree. According to the eugenic fieldworker, sexual deviance, including adultery, incest, and illegitimacy, was rife among this young woman's parents and siblings. She herself is listed as an "imbecile" and a "sex delinquent." The institution began accepting women of childbearing age in 1919, making its name, The Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children, a bit of a misnomer."
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