Feeble-Minded in Our Midst

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 t...