Summary: Almost a century ago in Charlottesville, Virginia, Carrie Buck’s mother had been institutionalized for what was then called feeblemindedness . Despite good grades Carrie was pulled from school by her foster parents at the end of sixth grade for domestic work. Soon Carrie became pregnant, and her foster family, knowing she’d probably been assaulted by a visiting relative, also had her institutionalized for being feebleminded . Carrie’s circumstances made her the unfortunate legal target of the
