Author: North Carolina State Board of Public WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Biennial Report
Author: North Carolina State Board of Public WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Biennial Report of the Librarian of the North Carolina State Library
Author: North Carolina State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Author: North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Index of NLM Serial Titles
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1516
Book Description
A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.
Social Security Bulletin
Author: Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Public Welfare
Author: North Carolina State Board of Public WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Feeble-Minded in Our Midst
Author: Steven NollPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469647702
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The problem of how to treat the mentally handicapped attracted much attention from American reformers in the first half of the twentieth century. In this book, Steven Noll traces the history and development of institutions for the 'feeble-minded' in the South between 1900 and 1940. He examines the influences of gender, race, and class in the institutionalization process and relates policies in the South to those in the North and Midwest, regions that had established similar institutions much earlier. At the center of the story is the debate between the humanitarians, who advocated institutionalization as a way of protecting and ministering to the mentally deficient, and public policy adherents, who were primarily interested in controlling and isolating perceived deviants. According to Noll, these conflicting ideologies meant that most southern institutions were founded without a clear mission or an understanding of their relationship to southern society at large. Noll creates a vivid portrait of life and work within institutions throughout the South and the impact of institutionalization on patients and their families. He also examines the composition of the population labeled feeble-minded and demonstrates a relationship between demographic variables and institutional placement, including their effect on the determination of a patient's degree of disability. Originally published in 1995. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Bad Girls at Samarcand
Author: Karin Lorene ZipfPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807162507
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Of the many consequences advanced by the rise of the eugenics movement in the early twentieth century, North Carolina forcibly sterilized more than 2,000 women and girls in between 1929 and 1950. This extreme measure reflects how pseudoscience justified widespread gender, race, and class discrimination in the Jim Crow South. In Bad Girls at Samarcand Karin L. Zipf dissects a dark episode in North Carolina's eugenics campaign through a detailed study of the State Home and Industrial School in Eagle Springs, referred to as Samarcand Manor, and the school's infamous 1931 arson case. The people and events surrounding both the institution and the court case sparked a public debate about the expectations of white womanhood, the nature of contemporary science and medicine, and the role of the juvenile justice system that resonated throughout the succeeding decades. Designed to reform and educate unwed poor white girls who were suspected of deviant behavior or victims of sexual abuse, Samarcand Manor allowed for strict disciplinary measures -- including corporal punishment -- in an attempt to instill Victorian ideals of female purity. The harsh treatment fostered a hostile environment and tensions boiled over when several girls set Samarcand on fire, destroying two residence halls. Zipf argues that the subsequent arson trial, which carried the possibility of the death penalty, represented an important turning point in the public characterizations of poor white women; aided by the lobbying efforts of eugenics advocates, the trial helped usher in dramatic policy changes, including the forced sterilization of female juvenile delinquents. In addition to the interplay between gender ideals and the eugenics movement, Zipf also investigates the girls who were housed at Samarcand and those specifically charged in the 1931 trial. She explores their negotiation of Jazz Age stereotypes, their strategies of resistance, and their relationship with defense attorney Nell Battle Lewis during the trial. The resultant policy changes -- intelligence testing, sterilization, and parole -- are also explored, providing further insight into why these young women preferred prison to reformatories. A fascinating story that grapples with gender bias, sexuality, science, and the justice system all within the context of the Great Depression--era South, Bad Girls at Samarcand makes a compelling contribution to multiple fields of study.
Industrial and Labor Problems ...
Author: Russell Sage Foundation. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial relations
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
State Commissions for the Study and Revision of Child-welfare Laws
Author: United States. Children's BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
Book Description