Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded
GPTKB entity
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:hospital
gptkb:public_university |
| gptkbp:architect |
William Lawrence Hall
|
| gptkbp:closed |
2020
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:function |
forced sterilization
institutionalization of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities |
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
site of eugenics movement in the United States
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Lynchburg,_Virginia
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Buck v. Bell Supreme Court case
|
| gptkbp:notablePerson |
gptkb:Carrie_Buck
gptkb:Dr._Albert_Priddy Dr. John Hendren Bell |
| gptkbp:opened |
1910
|
| gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Virginia
|
| gptkbp:renamed |
Central Virginia Training Center
Lynchburg State Colony |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sterilization_Act_of_1924
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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