For my digital research project I research Elizabeth Packard and her institutionalization at the hand of her husband, Theophilus Packard. Elizabeth Packard was sent to the Illinois State Asylum after an incident of expressing differing religious beliefs than that of her husbands. That event caused her to be locked in the asylum for three years under the control of Dr. McFarland. After her release at the hand of her son, she went to trial against her husband and was deemed sane by the court. She then spent the remainder of her life passing legislation for women’s and patient rights.
