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Eugenists would improve human stock by blotting out blood taints. Menaces to society. Images show adults with developmental disabilities and claims their "mental" ages range from 6 to 8. Text from the news article argues for examining couples prior to marriage and sterilizing those deemed "unfit".
Date: Feb 2 2025
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The Dehumanizing Effects of Eugenics: Disability History Lesson Plan By Rich Cairn 

The engravings on the right of two young women are haunting. Aside from the clothing, these faces could easily be high school or college students today. Yet these images appeared in the New York Tribune in 1912 under the headline, “Eugenists Would Improve Human Stock by Blotting Out Blood Taints,” with the sub…

Eugenists would improve human stock by blotting out blood taints. Menaces to society. Images show adults with developmental disabilities and claims their "mental" ages range from 6 to 8. Text from the news article argues for examining couples prior to marriage and sterilizing those deemed "unfit".
Date: Feb 1 2025
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February Featured Blog Post - Eugenics: Teaching Agency and the Roots of Genocide - including lesson from Reform to Equal Rights

 

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