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  2. Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded

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    The Virginia State Colony for the Epileptics and Feeble Minded was a state run institution for those considered to be “Feeble minded” or those with severe mental impairment. The colony opened in 1910 near Lynchburg, Virginia , in Madison Heights with the goal of isolating those with mental disabilities and other qualities deemed unfit for ...

  3. Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 was a U.S. state law in Virginia for the sterilization of institutionalized persons "afflicted with hereditary forms of insanity that are recurrent, idiocy, imbecility, feeble-mindedness or epilepsy”. [2] It greatly influenced the development of eugenics in the twentieth century.

  4. List of West Virginia state agencies - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of the U.S. state of West Virginia's state agencies. Departments and agencies. West Virginia Department of Administration;

  5. Central State Hospital (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    In 1938 a State Colony for people with epilepsy was established on the grounds of the state hospital and later admitted the mentally disabled. It was renamed a training school and hospital in 1954 and then a training center in 1971.

  6. State schools, US (for people with disabilities) - Wikipedia

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    Missouri State Colony for Feebleminded and Epileptic/Missouri State School (1899–present), split into the following three state schools in 1959 Marshall State School and Hospital; Carrollton State School and Hospital; Higginsville State School and Hospital [34] St. Louis Training School/St Louis State School and Hospital (1922) [34]

  7. Carrie Buck - Wikipedia

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    Carrie Elizabeth Buck (July 3, 1906 – January 28, 1983) [1] was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, after having been ordered to undergo compulsory sterilization for purportedly being "feeble-minded" by her foster parents after their nephew raped and impregnated her.

  8. History of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The area that comprises West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (1607–1776) and the western part of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia (1776–1788), and state of Virginia (1788–1863).

  9. Talk : Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded

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