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Genie (born 1957) is the pseudonym of an American feral child who was a victim of severe abuse, neglect, and social isolation. Her circumstances are prominently recorded in the annals of linguistics and abnormal child psychology. [1] [2] [3] When she was approximately 20 months old, her father began keeping her in a locked room. During this ...
When the circumstances of Genie, the primary victim in one of the most severe cases of abuse, neglect and social isolation on record in medical literature, first became known in early November 1970, authorities arranged for her admission to Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where doctors determined that at the age of 13 years and 7 months, she had not acquired a first language.
Mockingbird Don't Sing is a 2001 American independent film based on the true story of Genie, a modern-day feral child. [1] The film is told from the point of view of Susan Curtiss (whose fictitious name is Sandra Tannen), a professor of linguistics at University of California, Los Angeles. Although the film is based on a true story, all of the ...
Jenny Wiley, born Jean "Jenny" Sellards (1760–1831), in British Colonial America, was a pioneer woman who was taken captive by Native Americans in 1789, where she witnessed the death of her brother and children. She escaped after 11 months of captivity. Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonsburg, Kentucky is named in her honor.
Wiley's daughter Jennifer says her mother's passion for her sorority and Cass Tech was matched by her love for Detroit, a love affair which began when Wiley was a student at Wayne State University.
Genies, at least in pop culture, have long been comic foils. Way back in 1940, in “The Thief of Bagdad,” Rex Ingram played Djinn, the movie’s larger-than-life genie — 100 feet tall in his ...
Wiley tied for second at the Olympics, but lost a jump-off to Carolina Gisolf of The Netherlands. According to SportsReference.com, her personal best in the high jump was 1.56 meters in 1928.
Many people were involved in Genie’s case including social workers, psychologists, and linguists. In May 1971, Susan Curtiss, alongside a team of researchers, began researching Genie. When Genie was admitted to the hospital, at the age of 13 years and 7 months, doctors concluded that she had not acquired a first language. The research team ...