Pedigree 11 - Female

Title

Subject

Collaboration between the Eugenics Survey of Vermont and the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children in the 1920s.

Description

Several relatives of this young woman, who was 23 at the time of her commitment, were also in state institutions. Her father was in prison and her mother and one sibling were in the state hospital. Four of her siblings were in the Vermont Industrial School in Vergennes. Despite having a "normal" IQ, this young woman was placed at the Vermont State School for Feebleminded Children in 1922 because of the following alleged defects: "Sex pervert. Illegitimate child by father."

Creator

Eugenics Survey of Vermont.

Harriett Abbott, Vermont Eugenics Survey field investigator.

Source

Records of the Eugenics Survey of Vermont. Eugenics Survey of Vermont and the Vermont Commission on Country Life Records 1925-1956. Series ID: PRA-005. Vermont State Archives.

Date

1925

Rights

Open Access. Publication contingent on the removal of personal identifying information. All names have been redacted from the document.

Relation

The University of Vermont has created an online resource containing many documents relating to the Eugenics Survey of Vermont. The url is http://www.uvm.edu/~eugenics/.

Format

Typescript page following a simple format, with names redacted.

Language

English.

Type

eugenicsOpen Access, contingent on the removal of personal identifying information. All names have been redacted from the documents.