American Eugenics -
History, Culture and Resources

One hundred years after the first eugenics law was passed in the U.S., ultimately leading to the forced sterilization of over 60,000 people, the movement that was once so prevalent in our country is now viewed with revulsion and regret. In Focus examines the American eugenics movement, with an introductory commentary by Senior Fellow Fr. Peter Ryan, SJ.

News stories, Essays:

Eugenics: Past, Present and Future
American Journal of Human Genetics

Is a New Eugenics Afoot?
by Garland E. Allen - Science Magazine

A Woman Robbed of Her Fertility
BBC News

Eugenics in the Culture Wars of the 1920's
Assumption College

America's deep, Dark Secret
CBS News

Links:

American Eugenics Society Scrapbook
American Philosophical Society

Image Archive on the American
Eugenics Movement
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Eugenics Historical Collection
University of Virginia

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