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Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck

By Adam Cohen
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Hardcover edition

Publisher Penguin Imprint Penguin ISBN

9781594204180

Awards and Honors The Kirkus Prize 2016 Nominee, Nonfiction
National Public Radio’s Guide to 2016 Great Reads

Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck

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Discrimination: Disability,Discrimination: Reference/Discussion,Medical: Reproductive/Sexual Reference/Discussion

Why did the Supreme Court, in 1927, decide to allow the State of Virginia to sterilize Carrie Buck, a perfectly normal young woman, for being an “imbecile”? Notes. Index. Black-and-white illustrations.
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