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  2. History of eugenics - Wikipedia

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    The history of eugenics is the study of development and advocacy of ideas related to eugenics around the world. Early eugenic ideas were discussed in Ancient Greece and Rome . The height of the modern eugenics movement came in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

  3. Eugenics - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Eugenics in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In Indiana, for example, Ada Estelle Schweitzer, a eugenics advocate and director of the Indiana State Board of Health's Division of Child and Infant Hygiene, organized and supervised the state's Better Baby contests at the Indiana State Fair from 1920 to 1932. It was among the fair's most popular events.

  5. Category:History of eugenics - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of eugenics" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Oneida stirpiculture - Wikipedia

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    The stirpiculture experiment at the Oneida Community was the first positive eugenics experiment in American history, resulting in the planned conception, birth and rearing of 58 children. The experiment lasted from 1869–1879. It was not considered as part of the larger eugenics history because of its radical religious context. [1]

  7. Opinion: Trump’s dangerous echoes of the eugenics movement

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    Former President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric recalls the eugenics movement and the influence it had on American life in the early 1900s, writes Paul Moses.

  8. Euthenics - Wikipedia

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    Euthenics (/ j uː ˈ θ ɛ n ɪ k s /) is the study of improvement of human functioning and well-being by improvement of living conditions. [2] " Improvement" is conducted by altering external factors such as education and the controllable environments, including environmentalism, education regarding employment, home economics, sanitation, and housing, as well as the prevention and removal of ...

  9. Nazi eugenics - Wikipedia

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    German professor of medicine, anthropology and eugenics Eugen Fischer was the director of this organization, a man whose work helped provide the scientific basis for the Nazis' eugenics policies. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The Rockefeller Foundation even funded some of the research conducted by Josef Mengele before he went to Auschwitz .