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In Reckless Hands

by Victoria F. Nourse

EugenicsHistoryInvoluntary sterilizationLaw and legislationTrials, litigationCivil rights, united statesLaw, united states, casesPrisoners, biography

In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America because it was believed that criminality and mental illness were inherited. This is the disturbing, forgotten history of America's experiment with eugenics.

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Book data: Open Library