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  • Description is exactly "This pedigree describes a young woman who was 20 years old at the time of her commitment to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children. Her commitment exemplifies the practice, begun in 1919, of institutionalizing "feeble-minded" women of childbearing age. Her alleged defects are "Prostitution. Illegitimate child.""

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This pedigree describes a young woman who was 20 years old at the time of her commitment to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children. Her commitment exemplifies the practice, begun in 1919, of institutionalizing "feeble-minded" women of…
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