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Author Foote, Susan Bartlett, author

Title The crusade for forgotten souls : reforming Minnesota's mental institutions, 1946-1954 / Susan Bartlett Foote
Published Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2018]

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Contents Voices of forgotten souls -- Finding Engla Schey -- Engla crashes the gates -- Spreading the gospel -- The modest visionary -- The arduous climb -- Where there is smoke -- Political dynamite -- The long hot summer -- Making history -- The first step -- Lest we forget
Summary "The Crusade for Forgotten Souls recounts Minnesota's reform movement that broke the stigma surrounding mental illness, publicized the painful truth about the state's asylums, and resulted in the first legislative steps toward a modern mental health system. Susan Bartlett Foote tells the story of the early advocates for compassionate care of the mentally ill who made the crusade a success"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- History
Psychiatric nursing -- History
Commitment of Mentally Ill -- history
Mentally Ill Persons -- history
Psychiatric Nursing -- history
Hospitals, Psychiatric -- organization & administration
History, 20th Century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention.
Psychiatric nursing.
SUBJECT Minnesota
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017057425
ISBN 9781452956787
1452956782
1517903645
9781517903640
Other Titles Reforming Minnesota's mental institutions, 1946-1954