The Virginia State Colony for the Epileptics and Feeble Minded was the original name of a state run institution for those considered to be “Feeble minded” or those with severe mental impairment. The c
First opened in 1910 as the Virginia State Epileptic Colony.
Buck v. Bell
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Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200, is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., in which the Court ruled that a state statute permitting compulsory
Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded
…other qualities deemed unfit for reproduction away from society. The colony was the home of Carrie Buck, the subject of the landmark Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell. The institution changed names and focus several times, and was most recently renamed in 1983 as the Central Virginia Training Center. The facility…
Carrie Buck (left) at the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded along with her birth mother Emma Buck in 1924
Blood kin of Carrie Buck
Dr. Albert Priddy, superintendent of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and the Feebleminded
Justice Holmes in the year of his appointment to the United States Supreme Court