Elsie and thousands of other women were treated like small school children, whipped and forced to sleep outside in the cold. The women were also made to assemble games like Hungry, Hungry Hippos in harsh conditions.
Hasbro's association with the Good Shepherd Order continued for over 30 years, using labor that was rewarded with food instead of pay, in what some describe as traumatic experiences. Disabled people were also incarcerated in Catholic Church institutions up until the 1990s.