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Direct linkGoodman, Joyce – History of Education, 2005
Mary Dendy has received attention from historians because she was the first paid commissioner under the Board of Control (the administrative body that regulated the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act), was at the forefront in disseminating views regarding the sexual proclivities of feeble-minded women and because she advocated permanent segregated care…
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Sexuality, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
