Julia
Mental illness:
Treatments included electroshock therapy, hydrotherapy, and the lobotomy
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People who showed signs of mental illness were often sent to insane asylums
Physical disability:
During his presidency (1933-1945), Franklin D. Roosevelt's polio and resultant use of a wheelchair partially resulted in its normalization
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1935: League of the Physically Handicapped was formed
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1970: Disabled In Action was formed after social upheaval of the 1960s
Car ownership:
In 1935, approximately 21% of people in the United States owned cars
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Although cars were being mass produced on assembly lines, they were still too expensive for most people
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Gun use:
1934: The National Firearms Act — first gun control legislation, imposed a tax on the manufacturing, selling, and transporting of firearms
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Guns are a symbol of violence, power, and masculinity
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Relationship to wounded animals:
Christina references one's ability to "die of fright," which is a characteristic of deer as mentioned in the silent films about hunting embedded below