American Eugenics

American Eugenics

From Pseudoscience to Law,
Communicating Biases
Across Generations

Carrie Buck, a girl on the old end of teenager, sits in a white dress with a chin length bob. Her mother, a plump woman in a checkered dress, sits, her hand resting on Carrie's shoulder.

"Carrie Buck and Emma Buck" Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Julia Resciniti

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A yellowed photograph shows a man standing in a black suit and tie, about a half foot shorter than his companion who is frowning. The companion stands in a white suit.

"Harry Laughlin and Charles Davenport"
​​​​​​​ Cold Spring Harbor

A profile of Francis Galton, a man with bushy eyebrows and side burns, sits in a grey three piece and jacket staring out of the frame.

"Sir Francis Galton" Center for the History of Medicine ​​​​​​​at Countway Library