Episode 41 - The Story of Carrie Buck and Eugenics in America

In this episode we talk about the forced sterilization of Carrie Buck in 1927 at the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded.

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Carrie and Emma Buck

Baby VIvian

Carrie Buck in Later Years

Historical Marker

SOURCES

https://acluva.org/en/news/shameful-history-eugenics-virginia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Sterilization_Act_of_1924

http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/eugenics/4-influence/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Buck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_State_Colony_for_Epileptics_and_Feebleminded

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_Integrity_Act_of_1924#Laughlin.27s_Model_Eugenical_Sterilization_Law

http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/eugenics/3-buckvbell/

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/695574984

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/07/469478098/the-supreme-court-ruling-that-led-to-70-000-forced-sterilizations

https://medium.com/@editors_91459/virginia-ran-a-secret-eugenics-program-that-didnt-end-until-1979-e9fcbfd23c64

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_v._Bell