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Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Aug 27, 2016
In 1942, the United States Supreme Court Case of Skinner v. Oklahoma ruled that states could not legally sterilize those inmates of prisons deemed…
LawCompulsory SterilizationSupreme Court DecisionsEugenicsInvoluntary Sterilization
Stump v. Sparkman (1978)
By: Nathaniel Ross
| Published: Aug 23, 2022
On March 28, 1978, in Stump v. Sparkman, hereafter Stump, the United States Supreme Court held, in a five-to-three decision, that judges have…
LawSterilizationSterilization of womenInvoluntary SterilizationJudicial immunity
Birth Control or the Limitation of Offspring (1936), by William J. Robinson
By: Angel Lopez
| Published: Jul 01, 2010
Birth Control or the Limitation of Offspring was written by American eugenics and birth control advocate William J. Robinson. First published in 1916…
LiteratureContraceptionPublicationsReproduction
Emma Wolverton (1889–1978)
By: James Walter Dennert
| Published: Aug 25, 2020
Emma Wolverton, also known as Deborah Kallikak, lived her entire life in an institution in New Jersey after psychologist Henry Goddard classified her…
PeoplePsychiatric hospitalsPeople with mental disabilities--Institutional carePsychology--HistoryPsychology--History--20th century
Maurice Ralph Hilleman (1919–2005)
By: Christian H. Ross
| Published: Apr 13, 2017
Maurice Ralph Hilleman developed vaccines at the Merck Institute of Therapeutic Research in West Point, Pennsylvania, during the twentieth century.…
MMR VaccineRubella--VaccinationRubellaCombined VaccinesViral vaccines
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
Hans Asperger (1906-1980)
By: Alexandra Bohnenberger
| Published: Aug 27, 2016
Hans Asperger studied mental abnormalities in children in Vienna, Austria, in the early twentieth century. Asperger was one of the early…
Asperger's syndromeMental HealthPsychiatryChild psychiatryWorld Health Organization
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1972)
By: Nathaniel Ross
| Published: May 26, 2022
In 1972, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania decided the case of Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens…
LawPeople with mental disabilitiesIntellectual DisabilitySpecial EducationSpecial education schools
Gattaca (1997)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: Feb 09, 2017
Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction film produced in the US that depicts a future society that uses reproductive technology and genetic engineering in…
LiteratureEugenicsGenetic EngineeringReproductive technologyBiotechnology
Frank Rattray Lillie (1870-1947)
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jul 22, 2009
Frank R. Lillie was born in Toronto, Canada, on 27 June 1870. His mother was Emily Ann Rattray and his father was George Waddell Little, an…
PeopleLillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947BiographyLaboratoriesCell Lineage