Elizabeth Packard

The father of an inventor I'm researching worked at the Illinois Central Hosptial for the Insane. While reading about it, I came upon this abhorrent example of a man who had his wife committed because she was "slightly insane." At the time, a man could have his wife committed with no public hearing and without her consent. That's not an exaggeration, or a joke about some fictionalized version of Victorian insane asylums. You could simply just tell them your wife was insane and they'd lock her up. I don't even know what to say. There are no words.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Packard

Packard's "insanity" amounted to a disagreement with her husband's religious and political beliefs and family finances.

The Falk Fold

There's a four minute video on Vimeo about an inventor I'm researching and the map folding method he patented! I can't understand any of it 'cause it's in German (with the occasional exception like 'schnell!'), aber das ist fantastich regardless!

Der Falkplan/ The Falk Map from Michael Froehlich on Vimeo.

Oh, hey; I found his entry on the German Wikipedia. Same language issue applies, but it gives us somewhere to start from when there's someone with time to spend on the project who speaks German.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Falk

Seeing the Counselor Tomorrow

I edited the notes I have about things to talk to the counselor about and emailed it to myself. Now I can read it on my tablet so I can have it with me and not have to get to campus and print it before my appointment. Things have been better in my head since changing my topic. Good even, sometimes. But not always. Hopefully professional advice will help me figure things out more to my satisfaction.

For now, to bed. There's more research to do, meetings to have, and academic lit to read tomorrow....