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marzipanandminutiae · 7 months

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pour one out for that poor lady (Laurie Dumas) who got taken in by some rando at the library making up bullshit stories about dedicated "disappointment rooms" in old homes for hiding away disabled children, and decorated a rather whimsically-shaped upstairs coal storage space like a child's room "in honor" of a kid who almost definitely was never imprisoned there

although she did start a nonprofit because of it so. Bad History for a cause, I guess

(but also imagine losing your daughter at age 5 and then having your name dragged through the mud 100+ years later because you- or a later occupant of the house! we don't even know when the strange facade with windows was added! -decided it could be fun to put a schoolhouse exterior on your coal storage space)

#history #bad history #there was no evidence that the girl was even disabled #other than 'her parents were prominent but no articles about them mention her'#and like. she died at age 5. why WOULD newspapers mention her? they weren't in the habit of talking at length about honorees' small childre #she hadn't done anything to warrant mention yet. nobody has really #anyway they didn't need purpose-built rooms for that. they locked people up in asylums and out-of-the-way bedrooms easily enough

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