The American Eugenics Movement:
Balancing Social Responsibilities and Individual Rights
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Thesis
Historical Context
Eugenics as a Science
Eugenics as a Movement
The Feebleminded Phenomenon and the Sterilization Solution
The Supreme Court
Buck v. Bell
The Sterilization Era
Skinner v. Oklahoma and WWII
Modern Eugenics
Reemergence of Eugenics
Eugenics In The 21st Century
Conclusion
Interviews
Process Paper
Annotated Bibliography
Victoria Nourse, legal expert on Skinner v. Oklahoma
Julie Greenberg, expert on intersex sterilization
Paul Lombardo, legal expert on Buck v. Bell
Judith Daar, legal expert on eugenic sterilization in the 1920s
Naissan Hussainzada, genetics expert