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Paperback The Constance Fisher Tragedy Book

ISBN: 1456756478

ISBN13: 9781456756475

The Constance Fisher Tragedy

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On March 8, 1954, while battling post partum depression, a 24 year old Maine housewife drowned her three children in a bathtub before attempting suicide.

After spending only 5 years at the Augusta State Hospital, Constance Fisher was released from the institution. Her release marked the beginnings of a new era in the treatment of the mentally ill in America, as the nation moved to phase out the large state run mental hospitals.

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