Word: himmelfarb
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...domestic relations, filed a petition to have Mrs. Fiena Hanna declared an imbecile and committed to the state institution for the feeble-minded at Salem, Ore. Bewildered, lacking legal counsel (which in Oregon is permitted but not customary in such cases), Mrs. Hanna was examined by a Dr. Max Himmelfarb and one Carolyn Friendly, mathematics teacher and one-time psychology student. These two announced that Mrs. Hanna failed to pass "intelligence tests." The court ordered her committed to Salem, but because of its crowded condition she was not sent there at once...