Perfect Babies and Fitter Families: Popularizing Eugenics

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  1. Perfect Babies and Fitter Families: Popularizing Eugenics
  2. Sesquicentennial Display, Philadelphia
  3. Guinea Pigs
  4. Guinea Pigs
  5. Marriages
  6. Traits
  7. A "DYSGENIC UNION"
  8. Light Board
  9. Newspaper
  10. Language of eugenics: George Bernard Shaw
  11. Perfect Babies and Fitter Families
  12. Eugenics Generally
  13. WHO? Sir Francis Galton
  14. WHO? Physicians
  15. WHO?
  16. WHEN: Timeline of Eugenics Activities
  17. WHERE?
  18. WHY? Faith in science Origins: Natural Selection
  19. Fitness
  20. Origins: hereditary principles
  21. WHY? Faith in science
  22. Why: Social Origins
  23. WHY? Demographic transition
  24. WHY? Urbanization: 19th & 20th centuries
  25. WHY? Immigration
  26. Immigration
  27. Natural Selection nullified; society overwhelmed and diseased.
  28. WHAT: Recognize fit and unfit
  29. WHAT: Types of Eugenics
  30. WHAT: Popularizing Eugenics
  31. Eugenics and Popularization
  32. ERO at CSHL: Collection of Data
  33. Records
  34. Marriage laws- anti-miscegenation and STDs
  35. Long standing fears:
  36. Legislation: immigration restriction
  37. Restriction
  38. Exhibits on intelligence of immigrants
  39. The Feebleminded
  40. States w/sterilization laws- 1921
  41. Legislation: sterilization
  42. Popularize euthanasia: "Black Stork" & Dr. Haiselden
  43. "Black Stork"
  44. Advice: Textbooks and Family pedigrees- study lineage
  45. Advice: Choosing partners
  46. Advice: Choosing Partners and moral behavior.
  47. Advice: Books, eugenics and moral lessons.
  48. Advice: Books & Parenting. Maternal influence & child care
  49. Advice: Social responsibilities
  50. The fit made visible: Perfect Baby contests
  51. A winner!
  52. Perfect baby contests
  53. Fit made visible: County fairs
  54. Eugenics building and staff
  55. Flashing light sign- also advertising Fitter Family contest
  56. Scoring at Fitter Family Contest in Waco 1927
  57. Fitter Family Forms and scoring
  58. Fitter ribbon and medal
  59. Fitter family- best couple
  60. Small fitter family
  61. Medium Fitter Family
  62. Large fitter family
  63. Large fitter family
  64. Four Generations of Fitness
  65. Eugenics - a flawed "science"
   Author: Nina Stoyan-Rosenzweig
  Contact: Dr. Michael Okun M.D. / msokun@pol.net
  Version: Produced by the Office of Medical Informatics
Copyright: 2002 by the University of Florida
 Location: http://medinfo.ufl.edu/other/histmed/stoyan/index.html
  Created: September 13, 2001   Modified: October 9, 2002