![]() ![]() ![]() "The book’s empirical prowess is facilitated by its archival richness." Review published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for the Social History of Medicine Kathleen M Brian, November 27, 2018. "The key figures in this effort.had very little in common except for a clear-headed determination to change the way the state cared for its citizens with mental illness." MinnPost: "‘Crusaders’ who reformed state’s psychiatric hospitals highlighted in new book" Andy Steiner, April 2, 2018. "If modern-day reformers wish to understand the perils of isolating people in controlled environments, they should begin by reading an extraordinary new book on the history of mental health care reform in Minnesota, “The Crusade for Forgotten Souls” by Susan Bartlett Foote." STAR TRIBUNE: "Review: 'The Crusade for Forgotten Souls,' by Susan Bartlett Foote" Chris Serres, April 17, 2018. a stirring document that reminds us of the work done and challenges us to continue on this foundation." "Susan Bartlett Foote has written an impressive book that combines a great story and exhaustive research about the early years of social welfare reform. Ramsey County History Magazine: Book Review, Minnesota Book Awards Gary F. ![]() The selection committee commended the work for its engaging, sympathetic, and scholarly examination of how Minnesota sought to improve the treatment of its citizens in mental institutions. For purposes of the award, “the Midwest” includes the twelve states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The Midwestern History Association selected Susan Bartlett Foote’s The Crusade for Forgotten Souls for the Hamlin Garland Prize as the best popular work in Midwestern History for 2018. Midwestern History Association: Winner of the 2019 Hamlin Garland Prize. The Minnesota Book Awards is an annual celebration of the state's best books. More than 220 works by Minnesota authors and poets, published in 2018, were submitted for the awards a panel of judges narrowed that field down to 36 finalists in January. The winners for the 2019 Minnesota Book Awards were announced on Saturday, April 6, at the annual Awards Ceremony. Though their vision met resistance, the accomplishments of these early advocates for compassionate care of the mentally ill hold many lessons that resonate to this day, as this book makes compellingly clear.MINNESOTA BOOK AWARDS: Winner of the 2019 Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota Nonfiction. The Crusade for Forgotten Souls recounts how these efforts broke the stigma of shame and silence surrounding mental illness, publicized the painful truth about the state's asylums, built support among citizens, and resulted in the first legislative steps toward a modern mental health system that catapulted Minnesota to national leadership and empowered families of the mentally ill and disabled. These reformers overcame barriers of class, ethnicity, and gender to stand behind the governor, who, at a turbulent moment in Minnesota politics, challenged his own party's resistance to reform. Susan Bartlett Foote tells the story of those who made the crusade a success: Engla Schey, the catalyst Reverend Arthur Foote, a modest visionary who guided Unitarians to constructive advocacy Genevieve Steefel, an inveterate patient activist and Geri Hoffner, an intrepid reporter whose twelve-part series for the Minneapolis Tribune galvanized the public. This book chronicles that remarkable undertaking inspired and carried forward by ordinary people under the political leadership of Luther Youngdahl, a Swedish Republican who was the state's governor from 1946 to 1951. She acquired the knowledge and passion that would lead to "The Crusade for Forgotten Souls," a campaign to reform the deplorable condition of mental institutions in Minnesota. She would work among people who were locked away under the shameful label "insane," called inmates-and numbered more than 12,000 throughout the state. In 1940 Engla Schey, the daughter of Norwegian immigrants, took a job as a low-paid attendant at Anoka State Hospital, one of Minnesota's seven asylums. The stirring story of the reform movement that laid the groundwork for a modern mental health system in Minnesota Winner of the 2019 Minnesota Book Award for Minnesota Nonfiction ![]()
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