What Are Asylums
Asylums are places where the 'insane' is put. they would do labotny which is sort of just a needle that is being put in your eye. by doing this the 'doctors' thought they were 're-wireing' there brains in a way. this is 1 thing they used to do. you were usually put in asylums if you were mentally ill with down syndrowm, or have autism. people thought that being mentally ill were because of sins that they have done. asylums were really tortcher chambers. like they would be tortchered and and expeiremented on.
Women and the Insane Asylum
When researching our women ancestors, one place is often overlooked: the
insane asylum. Some of the reasons our grandmothers were institutionalized
are quite unbelievable. In the early 1800's wives and daughters were often
committed for not being obedient enough to their husbands or fathers. Women
were expected to be homemakers and not much was given to their education. If
a woman spoke out and went against the "norm" she could be committed. When
children were committed, oftentimes the families would tell others they had
died.
This is confusing, because they may even have published an obituary, yet
they were much alive at the asylum. If they were released and moved on, the
researcher would find them alive years later, even though their death had
been pronounced years earlier! Some children were committed for unwanted
pregnancies, disobedience or illness such as Down's Syndrome or Autism.
insane asylum. Some of the reasons our grandmothers were institutionalized
are quite unbelievable. In the early 1800's wives and daughters were often
committed for not being obedient enough to their husbands or fathers. Women
were expected to be homemakers and not much was given to their education. If
a woman spoke out and went against the "norm" she could be committed. When
children were committed, oftentimes the families would tell others they had
died.
This is confusing, because they may even have published an obituary, yet
they were much alive at the asylum. If they were released and moved on, the
researcher would find them alive years later, even though their death had
been pronounced years earlier! Some children were committed for unwanted
pregnancies, disobedience or illness such as Down's Syndrome or Autism.