Rose DeChaine arrived at the Minnesota School for the Feeble-Minded in Faribault in August 1924. State officials had received testimony that the 22-year-old Brainerd woman was working as a prostitute.

Read before the Conference on Feeble-mindedness of the Massachusetts Society for Mental Hygiene, Ford Hall, Boston, Dec. 14, 1916.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In August of 1930, Ethel Benson was institutionalized into the Delaware Colony for the Feeble Minded and never returned home. She ...

The Laurelton State Village for Feeble-Minded Women of Childbearing Age was founded in 1917 with an initial group of 36 patients. It was the first institution of its kind, designed specifically to ...

Most psychologists firmly believe that companionship with intelligent parents and playmates is the most important factor in a child’s mental development. The Emperor of Japan shares this view (see p.

Question: True or false? Slated for demolition in this area, then to be rebuilt, is the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children.

States like California, North Carolina and Virginia often take the focus due to the sheer number of procedures, even though Delaware’s rate of sterilization regularly outpaced them. Delaware has never ...