Fixing the Poor: Eugenic Sterilization and Child Welfare in the Twentieth Century

by Molly Ladd-Taylor

Book Overview

How state welfare politics--not just concerns with "race improvement"--led to eugenic sterilization practices.

Honorable Mention, 2018 Outstanding Book Award, The Disability History AssociationShortlist, 2019 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, Canadian Historical Association

Between 1907 and 1937, thirty-two states legalized the sterilization of more than 63,000 Americans. In Fixing the Poor, Molly Ladd-Taylor tells the story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421437996
• ISBN13: 9781421437996
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"