Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded

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psychiatric institution residential facility state institution

The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded was a state-run institution in Virginia infamous for its role in the early 20th-century eugenics movement, including the forced sterilization of patients upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Buck v. Bell.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Virginia State Epileptic Colony	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	psychiatric institution ⓘ residential facility ⓘ state institution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Lynchburg Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and the Feeble-Minded NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Carrie Buck NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Albert Sidney Priddy NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. John Hendren Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ
BuckV.BellCourt	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
BuckV.BellDecisionYear	1927 ⓘ
BuckV.BellHolding	upheld constitutionality of compulsory sterilization law ⓘ
BuckV.BellMajorityOpinionBy	Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	coercive medical procedures ⓘ discriminatory practices ⓘ human rights abuses ⓘ
established	1910 ⓘ
function	institutionalization of people with intellectual disabilities ⓘ long-term custodial care ⓘ
governedBy	Virginia State Board of Charities and Corrections NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia State Board of Health NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	site of historical memory for eugenics victims ⓘ
ideologicalBasis	eugenics ⓘ
influenced	eugenic sterilization laws in other U.S. states ⓘ international eugenics policies ⓘ
knownFor	Buck v. Bell Supreme Court decision NERFINISHED ⓘ forced sterilization of patients ⓘ participation in American eugenics movement ⓘ
laterName	Central Virginia Training Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynchburg Training School and Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Virginia Eugenical Sterilization Act of 1924 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Amherst County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
notableCourtCase	Buck v. Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfSterilizations	over 7,000 ⓘ
opened	1913 ⓘ
operatedBy	Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	American eugenics movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	implementation of eugenic policies ⓘ segregation of people labeled epileptic or "feeble-minded" ⓘ
renamed	Central Virginia Training Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynchburg Training School and Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleIn	Buck v. Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	no longer operating under original name ⓘ
targetedGroups	people labeled "feeble-minded" ⓘ people with epilepsy ⓘ poor and marginalized populations ⓘ
timePeriodOfSterilizations	1920s–1970s ⓘ

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Buck v. Bell opinion → concernsInstitution → Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded ⓘ

Journal for Plague Lovers → hasPart → Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded ⓘ

this entity surface form: Virginia State Epileptic Colony