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Bookmark or Share- Eugenics | Definition, History, & Facts | BritannicaWhat was the American eugenics movement? The American eugenics movement gave rise to laws that mandated the sterilization of—by some estimates—as many as 60,000 disabled people in more than 30 states.
- Eugenics in the United States - WikipediaThe American eugenics movement was rooted in the biological determinist ideas of Sir Francis Galton, which originated in the 1880s. In 1883, Galton first used the word eugenics to describe scientifically, the biological improvement of genes in human races and the concept of being "well-born". [9]
- Eugenics: Definition, Movement & Meaning - HISTORYEugenics is the practice or advocacy of improving the human species by selectively mating people with specific desirable hereditary traits. It aims to reduce human suffering by “breeding out”...
- Eugenics: Its Origin and Development (1883 - Present)To better understand and protect against current and future discriminatory trends that misuse genetics and, through its association, genomics, this timeline highlights key moments in the development of eugenics, with a focus on the American eugenics movement.
- Eugenics was everywhere 100 years ago. We still live with its legacy ...Eugenics was a global movement of bio-politics; a scientific movement centered on heredity, statistics and a particular definition of human progress; a political movement for racial and...
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