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A look back at the history of the American Eugenics movement will help us learn from flaws of naïve genetic judgment so that we may avoid the same mistakes and better use the knowledge, technology, and refined tools of today to enhance the quality of life.
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www.accd.edu/sac/honors/main/papers02/Judge.htm
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Popularity of eugenics and social Darwinism continued in the USA during WWII. In 1942, the American Journal of Psychiatry published a "debate" on the ethics of killing children with severe disabilities. The following was written by Foster Kennedy:
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www.notdeadyet.org/eughis.html
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Eugenics movement reaches its height; 1923; ... Local eugenics societies and groups sprang up around the United States after World War I, with names like the ... The eugenics craze was already fading when the horrors of institutionalized eugenics revealed in Nazi Germany during World War II doused it entirely as a movement.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dh23eu.html
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The eugenics movement has spread around the world, and into all facets of social life. ... And he tried to follow his own advice. Unfortunately, some of his money went to the eugenics movement. ... In 1952, when the eugenics movement was reorganizing, the Carnegie Institution of Washington helped out.
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www.eugenics-watch.com/roots/chap12.html
www.eugenics-watch.com/roots/chap12.html
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The plan of the eugenics movement was that since the poor had these genes for feeblemindedness, which led them to misery, vice, and crime, the obvious solution to American social problems was to sterilize them, and restrict the immigration of more poor.
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personal.uncc.edu/jmarks/eugenics/eugenics.html
personal.uncc.edu/jmarks/eugenics/eugenics.html
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Learn from scienceâ™s past. Search and browse 2,400 photos, pedigrees, charts, letters, and articles from the American Eugenics movement of the last century. ... Welcome to the Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement...
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www.eugenicsarchive.org/
www.eugenicsarchive.org/
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While some eugenicists privately supported practices such as euthanasia or even genocide, legally-mandated sterilization was the most radical policy supported by the American eugenics movement.
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www.eugenicsarchive.org/html/eugenics/essay8text.html
www.eugenicsarchive.org/html/eugenics/essay8text.html
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Eugenics - - the word means "good birth" - - quickly crossed the Atlantic, finding fertile soil among the American elite. But American eugenicists concluded that more drastic measures were required than merely promoting eugenically proper marriages to accomplish the cleansing task the Eugenics Movement had set for itself.
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www.nrlc.org/news/2004/NRL08/preaching_eugenics_religio...
www.nrlc.org/news/2004/NRL08/preaching_eugenics_religious_lea.htm
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