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"And neither have I wings to fly" : labelled and locked up in Canada's oldest institution Cover Image Book Book

"And neither have I wings to fly" : labelled and locked up in Canada's oldest institution / Thelma Wheatley. --

Wheatley, Thelma, 1941- (Author).

Summary:

Tells the story of "Daisy Lumsden" and thousands like her, declared unfit for society due to intellectual and physical disabilities, then forcibly confined and abused in the Ontario Hospital School, Orillia.

Record details

  • ISBN: 192670858X (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781926708584 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: viii, 411, [3] p. : ill.
  • Publisher: Toronto : Inanna Publications and Education, c2013.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-[413]).
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 24.95

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