The term
feeble-minded was used from the late nineteenth century in Great Britain, Europe and the United States to refer to a specific type
Kaynak: Feeble-mindedThe purpose of the program was to identify "
feeble-minded" persons whose nature was not obvious to the subjective judgement of immigration
Kaynak: Henry H. GoddardThe work was an extended case study of Goddard's for the inheritance of "
feeble-minded ness," a general category referring to a variety
Kaynak: The Kallikak Familyacademic papers, and census forms (for example, the British census of 1901 has a column heading including the terms imbecile and
feeble-minded ).
Kaynak: Mental retardationled to the emerging field of eugenic criminology, which held that crime can be reduced by preventing "
feeble-minded " people from reproducing"
Kaynak: ImbecileHer adopted family had committed her to the State Colony as "
feeble-minded " (a catch-all term used at the time for not only the mentally
Kaynak: Buck v. Bellcase Buck v. Bell , 274 U.S. 200 (1927), after having been ordered to undergo compulsory sterilization for purportedly being "
feeble-minded ."
Kaynak: Carrie BuckThe word moron, along with others including, "idiotic", "imbecilic", "stupid", and "
feeble-minded ", was formerly considered a valid
Kaynak: Moron (psychology)"
feeble-minded " and "moral defectives "It proposed an institutional separation so that mental defectives should be taken out of Poor Law
Kaynak: Mental Deficiency Act 1913