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Its original name as the American Eugenics Society lasted from 1922 to 1973, but the group changed their name after open use of the term "eugenics" became disfavored; it was known as the Society for the Study of Social Biology from 1973–2008, and the Society for Biodemography and Social Biology from 2008–2019.
Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. FRS [1] (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) [2] was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. He was the president of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and a cofounder of the American Eugenics Society.
Unlike the American movement, one publication and one society, the German Society for Racial Hygiene, represented all German eugenicists in the early 20th century. [ 129 ] [ 130 ] After 1945 some historians began to try to portray the U.S. eugenics movement as distinct and distant from Nazi eugenics.
Eberhardt found that Slater was a member of the American Eugenics Society and through his teaching supported sterilization, race-based hierarchies and the notion that genetic traits made some more ...
Charles Benedict Davenport (June 1, 1866 – February 18, 1944) was a biologist and eugenicist influential in the American eugenics movement. Early life and education [ edit ]
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He served as president of Planned Parenthood and vice-president of the American Eugenics Society. [1] Guttmacher founded the American Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians, now known as the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals , as a forum for physicians to discuss the birth control pill and other advances in the field.
Major General Frederick Henry Osborn CBE (March 21, 1889 – January 5, 1981) was an American philanthropist, military leader, and eugenicist. He was a founder of several organizations and played a central part in reorienting eugenics in away from overt racism in the years leading up to World War II. [1]