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Call made for social work to focus on the "moral" roots of social issues.

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The Story of Disability Justice
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At the Alabama State Medical Association, Dr. C. T. Wilbur compares the 1890 and 1900 censuses, citing the increase in the number of people identified as "feebleminded." Wilbur believes that isolation, separation, and preventing pregnancy among "feebleminded" people is the best way to prevent what he sees as a rising problem.