How Do You Define Feeble-Mindedness?

Carrie buck was born in 19 o four. Her father either abandoned her or died. She was adopted by the family called the dobbs family, who pulled her out of school so she could do housework. A around 17, she was raped by one of their nephews. They immediately declared her mentally deficient and sent her to this place called the virginia colony for epileptics and feeble minded In its import ant to remember that between 19 o four and 19 21, the rate of institutionalization for feeble mindedness had tripled.

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