Skip to main content

The timeline can be navigated with the “Scroll Left” and “Scroll Right” buttons or by dragging the pointer to a date on the timeline waveform (located at the bottom of the screen on the desktop version and on the left of the screen on mobile). To filter by a particular topic and see a smaller section of the data, make a selection on the dropdown “Filters” menu or click “Search” to do a keyword search. Hover over the abbreviated filter tags in the blue boxes to see the complete name of the filter, or click a filter to display all the data with this tag. If you want to take a deeper dive into a specific topic by viewing a narrative essay page and a curated timeline, click on “Stories.”

Read More

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

1901

The Story of Disability Justice
SOCW
EUG
DCRJ

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.