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The field of psychometrics has moved way beyond Goddard's assessment of "feeblemindedness" from the early 1900s.
The Civic Platform - A Political Journal of Ideas and Analysis 2008
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In the early 1900s, most social workers argued that women who became pregnant out of wedlock were feebleminded; their pregnancy was proof of their feeblemindedness.
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In the early 1900s, most social workers argued that women who became pregnant out of wedlock were feebleminded; their pregnancy was proof of their feeblemindedness.
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Lindsay added that Perriello's smarts and long-windedness played well in a race against the bumbling Goode in a year in which President Bush's feeblemindedness had made wonkishness attractive.
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Carlson points out that while superintendents of institutions that warehoused intellectually disabled people were mostly male, women were employed to go out and identify cases of feeblemindedness on the theory that they were more intuitive by nature and therefore better qualified for the job.
Feminist Perspectives on Disability Silvers, Anita 2009
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This will ultimately result in curtailing the reproduction of feeblemindedness ....
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At least it will be a short week for Democratic identity weakness and feeblemindedness.
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After establishing to his satisfaction that feeblemindedness was inherited, Goddard turned to the policy question of how to combat the many social ills which the feebleminded brought to society.
A Pre-K Test for Giftedness and Other Crimes Against Nature Jim Horn 2008
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After establishing to his satisfaction that feeblemindedness was inherited, Goddard turned to the policy question of how to combat the many social ills which the feebleminded brought to society.
Archive 2008-04-01 Jim Horn 2008
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As we rise in unison to crush the feeblemindedness he represents, we may discover that our life has never been more purposeful.
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