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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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This pedigree describes an adult woman with a traumatic history who was committed to the Vermont State School in 1925. Of her father, the social worker writes, "Insane. Violent temper. Abusive . . . People afraid of him. Points gun at them." Of the…

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While most male inmates entered the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children at a younger age than their female counterparts in the 1920s, this man was 25 when he was transferred to Brandon from the Vermont State Hospital, where he had been…

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This brief pedigree describes a girl who was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children when she was 8 years old. She had previously run away from home. The assigned cause of her deficiency was "Drank fly poison at the age of…

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This pedigree describes a girl who was committed to the Vermont State School in 1922 when she was 16; she was later discharged. Her "defect" is listed as "Prostitute," and under "Additional Information," the social worker states that she later moved…

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This brief pedigree of describes a boy who was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children when he was 12 years old. Orphaned by his father, who died on a town poor farm, his "Habits" are listed as "Masturbates and is…

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This adolescent girl was committed to the Vermont State School for Feeble-Minded Children with a "Delinquency Record" of "Streetwalker. Illegitimate Child." Both of her parents are described as "Booze Fiends" and "Sex Offenders." Her father is…

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This pedigree describes a young woman who was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children when she was 18. Her background, as reported, appears dire. Of her father, the social worker wrote, "Deserted three times. Sex offender…

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This female inmate was committed to the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children with a diagnosis of "Insane. Dementia Praecox. Paranoid Type" in 1919. The "Assigned cause" of her illness is "Fell at the age of ten and injured her spine.…

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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…
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