Daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Powers Whiting, our great, great, great, grandparents.
Sister of Daniel Powers Whiting, our great, great, grandfather. Angelica was a teacher.
Admitted to the Brattleboro Retreat for the Insane in 1846 by her brother, William Bradford Whiting; discharged May, 1861 as cured.
The Brattleboro Retreat was founded in 1834 as the Vermont Asylum for the Insane through a $10,000 bequest left by Anna Hunt Marsh for the establishment of a hospital that would exist independently and in perpetuity for the welfare of the mentally ill. The institution was renamed as the Brattleboro Retreat in the late 19th century in order to eliminate confusion with the state-run Vermont State Asylum for the Insane.
Taking its inspiration from the York Retreat in England, the Brattleboro Retreat originated as a humane alternative to the otherwise demeaning and sometimes dangerous treatment of people with mental illness. The focus on "moral treatment," an idea derived from a Quaker concept, introduced by William Tuke in the late 18th century, which approaches mental illness as a medical condition and not a character flaw or the result of sin. This remains the institution's guiding philosophy.
For much of the 19th and 20th century, treatment methods emphasized fresh air, physical activity, educational enrichment, therapeutic farm and kitchen work, and supportive staff. Some of the techniques used at the Brattleboro Retreat were influenced by the Quakers and Benjamin Rush, a physician and American revolutionary.
Sister of Daniel Powers Whiting, our great, great, grandfather. Angelica was a teacher.
Admitted to the Brattleboro Retreat for the Insane in 1846 by her brother, William Bradford Whiting; discharged May, 1861 as cured.
The Brattleboro Retreat was founded in 1834 as the Vermont Asylum for the Insane through a $10,000 bequest left by Anna Hunt Marsh for the establishment of a hospital that would exist independently and in perpetuity for the welfare of the mentally ill. The institution was renamed as the Brattleboro Retreat in the late 19th century in order to eliminate confusion with the state-run Vermont State Asylum for the Insane.
Taking its inspiration from the York Retreat in England, the Brattleboro Retreat originated as a humane alternative to the otherwise demeaning and sometimes dangerous treatment of people with mental illness. The focus on "moral treatment," an idea derived from a Quaker concept, introduced by William Tuke in the late 18th century, which approaches mental illness as a medical condition and not a character flaw or the result of sin. This remains the institution's guiding philosophy.
For much of the 19th and 20th century, treatment methods emphasized fresh air, physical activity, educational enrichment, therapeutic farm and kitchen work, and supportive staff. Some of the techniques used at the Brattleboro Retreat were influenced by the Quakers and Benjamin Rush, a physician and American revolutionary.
Daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Powers Whiting, our great, great, great, grandparents.
Sister of Daniel Powers Whiting, our great, great, grandfather. Angelica was a teacher.
Admitted to the Brattleboro Retreat for the Insane in 1846 by her brother, William Bradford Whiting; discharged May, 1861 as cured.
The Brattleboro Retreat was founded in 1834 as the Vermont Asylum for the Insane through a $10,000 bequest left by Anna Hunt Marsh for the establishment of a hospital that would exist independently and in perpetuity for the welfare of the mentally ill. The institution was renamed as the Brattleboro Retreat in the late 19th century in order to eliminate confusion with the state-run Vermont State Asylum for the Insane.
Taking its inspiration from the York Retreat in England, the Brattleboro Retreat originated as a humane alternative to the otherwise demeaning and sometimes dangerous treatment of people with mental illness. The focus on "moral treatment," an idea derived from a Quaker concept, introduced by William Tuke in the late 18th century, which approaches mental illness as a medical condition and not a character flaw or the result of sin. This remains the institution's guiding philosophy.
For much of the 19th and 20th century, treatment methods emphasized fresh air, physical activity, educational enrichment, therapeutic farm and kitchen work, and supportive staff. Some of the techniques used at the Brattleboro Retreat were influenced by the Quakers and Benjamin Rush, a physician and American revolutionary.
Sister of Daniel Powers Whiting, our great, great, grandfather. Angelica was a teacher.
Admitted to the Brattleboro Retreat for the Insane in 1846 by her brother, William Bradford Whiting; discharged May, 1861 as cured.
The Brattleboro Retreat was founded in 1834 as the Vermont Asylum for the Insane through a $10,000 bequest left by Anna Hunt Marsh for the establishment of a hospital that would exist independently and in perpetuity for the welfare of the mentally ill. The institution was renamed as the Brattleboro Retreat in the late 19th century in order to eliminate confusion with the state-run Vermont State Asylum for the Insane.
Taking its inspiration from the York Retreat in England, the Brattleboro Retreat originated as a humane alternative to the otherwise demeaning and sometimes dangerous treatment of people with mental illness. The focus on "moral treatment," an idea derived from a Quaker concept, introduced by William Tuke in the late 18th century, which approaches mental illness as a medical condition and not a character flaw or the result of sin. This remains the institution's guiding philosophy.
For much of the 19th and 20th century, treatment methods emphasized fresh air, physical activity, educational enrichment, therapeutic farm and kitchen work, and supportive staff. Some of the techniques used at the Brattleboro Retreat were influenced by the Quakers and Benjamin Rush, a physician and American revolutionary.
