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Hello,<br>
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I am currently researching Thompson's <u>Crackwalker</u>. Thompson
has written that the murder of Danny is based on an actual situation she
encountered as a social worker in Kingston, but I also remember a
situation in Canadian politics in the mid 1980s (?) regarding the
enforced sterilization of retarded women (people?). Whether or not
this debate informed Thompson's writing of the play (and I have not read
anything to indicate that it has), it certainly seems to resonate with
it, but I am not being successful in my search for information. I
would appreciate any information that list members could send to lead me
in the right direction.<br>
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Please reply to meg11@cornell.edu. Thanks.<br>
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Monika Gay<br>
Cornell University</html>