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Reform from the Grass Roots: The Story of a People's Fight for the Mentally Ill (draft)

Title:: Reform from the Grass Roots: The Story of a People's Fight for the Mentally Ill (draft)
Creator:: Gorman, Mike
Date:: [1948]
Description:: Gorman's account of his first crusade on behalf of psychiatric hospital patients in Oklahoma, though accepted for publication as a book, was first published by Reader's Digest in October 1948 with the title "Oklahoma Attacks Its Snake Pits." The book was never published.
Location:: Box: 15. Folder: 46
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Monographs
Drafts (documents)
Subject:: Hospitals, Psychiatric, Health Care Reform, and Legislation as Topic
Format:: Text
Extent:: 79 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: TGBBGQ
NLM ID:: 101743403X95
Profiles Collection:: The Mike Gorman Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743403X95
Story Section:: From Journalist to Crusader: Exposing the "Snake Pits" in Oklahoma and Beyond, 1946-1953