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Eugenical Sterilization in the United States (1922), by Harry H. Laughlin
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Aug 12, 2015
Eugenical Sterilization in the United States is a 1922 book in which author Harry H. Laughlin argues for the necessity of compulsory sterilization in…
LiteratureEugenicsInvoluntary SterilizationHeredityEugenics Record Office
Human Betterment Foundation (1928-1942)
By: Jill Briggs
| Published: Jul 10, 2013
In 1928 Ezra Seymour Gosney founded the non-profit Human Betterment Foundation (HBF) in Pasadena, California to support the research and publication…
OrganizationCaliforniaInvoluntary SterilizationSterilization (Birth control)Human reproduction
Harry Hamilton Laughlin (1880-1943)
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Dec 19, 2014
Harry Hamilton Laughlin helped lead the eugenics movement in the United States during the early twentieth century. The US eugenics movement of the…
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943American Eugenics SocietyEugenicsDavenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944Eugenics--United States--History
The Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man (1918–1935)
By: Aliya R. Hoff
| Published: Jun 03, 2021
Charles Benedict Davenport, Madison Grant, and Henry Fairfield Osborn founded the Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man, or…
OrganizationEugenicsDavenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943segregation
The Passing of the Great Race; or The Racial Basis of European History (1916), by Madison Grant
By: Aliya R. Hoff
| Published: Jul 12, 2021
In 1916, eugenicist Madison Grant published the book The Passing of the Great Race; or The Racial Basis of European History, hereafter The Passing of…
LiteratureEugenicsNuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949Involuntary sterilization--Law and legislationInterracial marriage--United States
David Starr Jordan (1851-1931)
By: Jill Briggs
| Published: Jun 26, 2013
David Starr Jordan studied fish and promoted eugenics in the US during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In his work, he embraced…
EugenicsEvolutionEmbryosEmbryologyHeredity
Madison Grant (1865–1937)
By: Aliya R. Hoff
| Published: Jun 20, 2021
Madison Grant was a lawyer and wildlife conservationist who advocated for eugenics policies in the US during the late nineteenth and early twentieth…
EugenicsGrant, Madison, 1865-1937Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska)NazisWorld War, 1939-1945
Henry Herbert Goddard (1866–1957)
By: James Walter Dennert
| Published: May 06, 2021
Henry Herbert Goddard was a psychologist who conducted research on intelligence and mental deficiency at the Vineland Training School for Feeble-…
Intellectual DisabilityMental DeficiencyEugenicsEugenics--United States--HistoryHeredity
American Eugenics Society (1926-1972)
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Nov 22, 2014
The American Eugenics Society (AES) was established in the US by Madison Grant, Harry H. Laughlin, Henry Crampton, Irving Fisher, and Henry F.…
OrganizationsEugenicsHeredity, HumanHeredityInvoluntary Sterilization
The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics (1924), by Paul Kammerer
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna
| Published: Mar 31, 2015
The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics is a book published in 1924, written by Paul Kammerer, who studied developmental biology in Vienna,…
LiteratureInheritance of acquired charactersEvolution (Biology)adaptationsLaboratory animals--Breeding--Experiments