LADD SCHOOL & THE EUGENICS MOVEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND

by Kelly Sullivan Pezza

In 1908, in the woods of Exeter, RI, a small facility opened for the supposed purpose of training mentally-challenged men in a variety of trades. There was room for eight inmates. In just a few years, the facility began accepting women and children deemed to be feeble-minded. Eventually, a thousand individuals were crammed into metal beds, thrashing naked on the floor, forced to eat rotten food and drink out of toilets. Medical procedures were performed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 171776276X
• ISBN13: 9781717762764
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"