Soon after waking up one morning in 1860, Elizabeth Packard, a 40-year-old mother of six, was ambushed by two doctors who broke into her room. Her husband Theophilus had been threatening to commit her to an asylum for quite a while. And now he was finally making good on his promise.
 
Recommended Reading:
The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

Soon after waking up one morning in 1860, Elizabeth Packard, a 40-year-old mother of six, was ambushed by two doctors who broke into her room. Her husband Theophilus had been threatening to commit her to an asylum for quite a while. And now he was finally making good on his promise. Recommended Reading: The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

Soon after waking up one morning in 1860, Elizabeth Packard, a 40-year-old mother of six, was ambushed by two doctors who broke into her room. Her husband Theophilus had been threatening to commit her to an asylum for quite a while. And now he was finally making good on his promise.
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Recommended Reading:
The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

Asylums 1: Elizabeth Packard and the Weaponization of Women’s Mental Health

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Broadly Underestimated is the podcast dedicated to understanding the underestimated aspects of our lives. Every object, institution, historical event – even the most mundane – has its own revolutionary story. And it’s often the underestimated women behind those stories that have shaped life as we know it today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Broadly Underestimated is the podcast dedicated to understanding the underestimated aspects of our lives. Every object, institution, historical event – even the most mundane – has its own revolutionary story. And it’s often the underestimated women behind those stories that have shaped life as we know it today. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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