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Women Who Defied Gender Roles Were Once Imprisoned In Asylums | Lunatic asylum, Asylum, Insane asylum

Are you a woman who cares about following her dreams, not toeing the line? Do you speak your mind? Do you not feel particularly inclined to obey your husband or father in every little matter, agree with all of their ideas about religion or educating…

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"From the Dispensary arose the Infirmary, and from this last sprung up the Lunatic Asylum....the attention was drawn to t… | Lunatic asylum, Haunting photos, Asylum

"From the Dispensary arose the Infirmary, and from this last sprung up the Lunatic Asylum....the attention was drawn to the state of those labouring under mental derangement, who required residence & treatment peculiar to their distressed situation. This had likewise excited much interest in other parts of the country ; and it was fond- ly hoped...to establish an asylum for the comfort, relief, and probable cure of persons suffering under the most grievous of all calamities." 1822

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In the 1830s, jails were an all-purpose solution for a lot of issues. Inmates lived in squalor and people truly did not want to be there so there was a lot less crime.

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