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Summary The present paper examines how women were targeted for sexual regulation and treated as ‘mental defectives’ under early‐twentieth‐century legislation, depriving them of citizenship. It also looks at factors which determined whether they continued to be detained in institutions or were ‘released’ into the community.
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