Author: Jacob Henry LandmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Involuntary sterilization
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Human Sterilization
Author: Jacob Henry LandmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Involuntary sterilization
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Human Sterilization
Author: Bethenia Owens-AdairPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Degeneration
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Human Sterilization
Author: John Augustine RyanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Involuntary sterilization
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Imbeciles
Author: Adam Seth CohenPublisher:
ISBN: 1594204187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
One of America's great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court's infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of "undesirable" citizens the law of the land New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen tells the story in Imbeciles of one of the darkest moments in the American legal tradition: the Supreme Court's decision to champion eugenic sterilization for the greater good of the country. In 1927, when the nation was caught up in eugenic fervor, the justices allowed Virginia to sterilize Carrie Buck, a perfectly normal young woman, for being an "imbecile." It is a story with many villains, from the superintendent of the Dickensian Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded who chose Carrie for sterilization to the former Missouri agriculture professor and Nazi sympathizer who was the nation's leading advocate for eugenic sterilization. But the most troubling actors of all were the eight Supreme Court justices who were in the majority - including William Howard Taft, the former president; Louis Brandeis, the legendary progressive; and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., America's most esteemed justice, who wrote the decision urging the nation to embark on a program of mass eugenic sterilization. Exposing this tremendous injustice--which led to the sterilization of 70,000 Americans--Imbeciles overturns cherished myths and reappraises heroic figures in its relentless pursuit of the truth. With the precision of a legal brief and the passion of a front-page exposé, Cohen's Imbeciles is an unquestionable triumph of American legal and social history, an ardent accusation against these acclaimed men and our own optimistic faith in progress.
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies
Author: Chris BobelPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811506140
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1041
Book Description
This open access handbook, the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive and carefully curated multidisciplinary and genre-spanning view of the state of the field of Critical Menstruation Studies, opening up new directions in research and advocacy. It is animated by the central question: ‘“what new lines of inquiry are possible when we center our attention on menstrual health and politics across the life course?” The chapters—diverse in content, form and perspective—establish Critical Menstruation Studies as a potent lens that reveals, complicates and unpacks inequalities across biological, social, cultural and historical dimensions. This handbook is an unmatched resource for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and activists new to and already familiar with the field as it rapidly develops and expands.
Human Sterilization Today
Author: Human Betterment Foundation, Pasadena, CalifPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eugenics
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Sterilization for Human Betterment
Author: Ezra Seymour GosneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Better for All the World
Author: Harry BruiniusPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375713050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
A timely and gripping history of the controversial eugenics movement in America–and the scientists, social reformers and progressives who supported it.In Better for All the World, Harry Bruinius charts the little known history of eugenics in America–a movement that began in the early twentieth century and resulted in the forced sterilization of more than 65,000 people. Bruinius tells the stories of Emma and Carrie Buck, two women trapped in poverty who became the test case in the 1927 supreme court decision allowing forced sterilization for those deemed unfit to procreate. From the reformers who turned local charities into government-run welfare systems promoting social and moral purity, to the influence the American policies had on Nazi Germany’s development of “racial hygiene,” Bruinius masterfully exposes the players and legislation behind one of America’s darkest secrets.
A Century of Eugenics in America
Author: Paul A. LombardoPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253222699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
This volume assesses the history of eugenics in the United States and its status in the age of the Human Genome Project. The essays explore the early support of compulsory sterilization by doctors and legislators.
Human Sterilization
Author: Human Betterment FoundationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Involuntary sterilization
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description