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  • Collection: Pedigrees of Inmates at the Vermont School for Feebleminded Children, 1925

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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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The boy described in this pedigree was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children when he was 12 years old. Like many inmates, he had been without consistent care for much of his life. Under "Additional History," the social…

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This pedigree describes a young man who was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children when he was 11 years old. After 6 years, he ran away from the institution and was subsequently discharged. Runaways were not uncommon;…
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