In England during the late nineteenth century, intellectuals, especially Francis Galton, called
for a variety of eugenic policies aimed at ensuring the health of the human species. In the …

how eugenics united some of the richest and most powerful elites of the twentieth century
into a movement “to remake humanity by controlling the population of the world,” answering …

The eugenics movement of the 20th century epitomizes the danger that is possible when
religion and science coalesce. Grounded in the emerging science of evolution and heredity …

In Liberal Eugenics, Nicholas Agar advocates the fight of parents to choose certain
characteristics for their children through the use of genetic technologies. As such …

Mandatory sterilization laws enacted in dozens of states coast-to-coast and approved by the
US Supreme Court formed the initial pillar for what became the Final Solution. Following …

With our success in mapping the human genome, the possibility of altering our genetic
futures has given rise to difficult ethical questions. Although opponents of genetic …

This article focuses on the various eugenics policies used to sterilize and/or control the
reproductive capacity of women of color. The word “eugenics” comes from the Greek root …

Abstract Ezra Seymour Gosney founded the Human Betterment Foundation of Pasadena,
California in 1928 as a eugenics organization that sought to study and control the biological …

The following essay is a review of the literature about the American eugenics movement
produced by scholars over the last fifty years. The essay provides an explanation for today's …

This literary-historiographical project examines the effects of popular eugenics on literature,
on the literary imagination, and on the concepts of citizenship that American literature and …