"Suffered As Women Do鈥�: Gender and Treatment in U.S. Asylums
Opened August 1, 2023. On display now.
National Museum of Psychology, 1st Floor
鈥淏ut I at last had a regular attack of what the doctors called nervous prostration or spinal irritation. At any rate, I lay in bed for many months and suffered as women do 鈥� from backaches and headaches, and pains boring into the base of my skull.鈥�
- Anonymous, 1896
鈥淪uffered as Women Do鈥�: Gender and Treatment in U.S. Asylums explores women鈥檚 experiences in 19th and 20th century asylums and state hospitals. Drawing on reports prepared annually by administrators and first-person narratives of women鈥檚 lived experiences, this exhibit reveals the ways in which gender played a role in mental health institutions, including diagnoses, treatment, and daily life.
Curated by Lacy Nicholas, a student at 杏爱吧.
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