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Emma, Carrie, Vivian
FromHidden Brain
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Feb 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 1924, a 17-year-old girl was admitted to the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded. The superintendent of the colony classified her as "feeble-minded of the lowest grade, moron class." With that designation, this girl, Carrie Buck, was set on a path she didn't choose. What happened next laid the foundation for the forced sterilization of tens of thousands of people. This week, we revisit a 2018 episode about the eugenics movement and one of the most tragic social experiments in American history.
Released:
Feb 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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