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Supporters of eugenics programs note that Francis Galton did not advocate coercion when he defined the principles of eugenics. [205] According to Galton's definition, eugenics is the proper label for bioengineering of better human beings, whether coercive or not.
A 1930s exhibit by the Eugenics Society.Some of the signs read "Healthy and Unhealthy Families", "Heredity as the Basis of Efficiency" and "Marry Wisely".Eugenics (/ j uː ˈ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k s / yoo-JEN-iks; from Ancient Greek εύ̃ (eû) 'good, well' and -γενής (genḗs) 'born, come into being, growing/grown') [1] is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality ...
Although the eugenics movement in Germany started in the 1890s, it was later partly influenced by the United States. California eugenicists began producing literature promoting eugenics and sterilization and sending it overseas to German scientists and medical professionals. [14]
California eugenicists began producing literature promoting eugenics and sterilization and sending it overseas to German scientists and medical professionals. [16] By 1933, California had subjected more people to forceful sterilization than all other U.S. states combined.
"Eugenics is the self-direction of human evolution": Logo from the Second International Eugenics Congress, 1921. Three International Eugenics Congresses took place between 1912 and 1932 and were the global venue for scientists, politicians, and social leaders to plan and discuss the application of programs to improve human heredity in the early twentieth century.
Essays in Eugenics (1909) Heredity in Relation to Eugenics (1911) Mankind at the Crossroads (1923) Daedalus; or, Science and the Future (1924) La raza cósmica (1925) Marriage and Morals (1929) The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (1930) Man, the Unknown (1935) After Us (1936) Eugenics manifesto (1939) New Bottles for New Wine (1950) The ...
By the end of the decade, eugenics had become associated with Nazism and poor science. Support for groups like the American Eugenics Society began to fade. In 1935, a review panel convened by the Carnegie Institute concluded that the ERO's research did not have scientific merit. By 1939, the institute withdrew funding for the ERO, which was ...
The practice of eugenics stemmed from Francis Galton's writings on using genetics to improve the human race. [19] [20] The eugenics movement became increasingly popular, and in 1907, Indiana was America's first state to enact a compulsory sterilization law. [20]