The Mind of a Deviant Woman

by Paula Paul

Book Overview

Carrie Buck, whose life is little more than that of an indentured servant in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the early 1920s gives birth to a daughter out of wedlock. Because of that, she, along with epileptics, prostitutes, criminals, and other "undesirables" are considered deviant and must be sterilized, according to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court Decision in the 1920s. New York socialite Louisa Van Patten is involved in the eugenics movement that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478798823
• ISBN13: 9781478798828
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"