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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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    Eugenics, the set of beliefs and practices which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population, [1] [2] played a significant role in the history and culture of the United States from the late 19th century into the mid-20th century. [3]

  5. 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 ...

  6. Category:Eugenics - Wikipedia

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    Eugenics is a fringe set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter human gene pools by excluding people and groups judged to be inferior or promoting those judged to be superior.

  7. Eugenics Record Office - Wikipedia

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    The Eugenics Record Office (ERO), located in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States, was a research institute that gathered biological and social information about the American population, serving as a center for eugenics and human heredity research from 1910 to 1939.

  8. International Eugenics Conference - Wikipedia

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    "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.

  9. Compulsory sterilization in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Francis Galton invented the term "eugenics" in 1883, building it from its Greek roots meaning "good in birth" or "noble in heredity". [14] " The science of eugenics was concerned with the improvement of the human standard and focused on the influence that would give 'the more suitable races or strain of blood a better chance of prevailing ...