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The incorrigibles : eugenics and sterilization in the Kansas Industrial School for Girls /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marcattilio-McCracken, Ry (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Girls' Industrial School (Beloit, Kan.)
Reformatories for women > Kansas > History > 20th century.
Female juvenile delinquents > Kansas > History > 20th century.
Involuntary sterilization > Kansas > History > 20th century.
Eugenics > Government policy > Kansas > History > 20th century.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Eugenics > Government policy.
Female juvenile delinquents.
Involuntary sterilization.
Reformatories for women.
Kansas.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Waters Must Be Purified at Their Source
  • To Stem the Ever-Increasing Tide
  • Deprived or Depraved?
  • What Such a Place Would Do to the Nerves of a Child, September 1935-June 1936
  • Aftermath
  • The Beloit Case in Context
  • Conclusion.