Eugenics

In this case, ten Mexican American women filed a lawsuit against physicians and administrators at the Los Angeles County‑USC Medical Center. They alleged that they underwent tubal ligations without fully informed or voluntary consent while in labor or under duress. Judge Jesse W. Curtis Jr.…

<p><span class="deck">Her past was shady but her conscience was excellent, and all in all she played a big part in the emancipation of women</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A nationwide genetic-purity movement promoted methods that eventually were adopted by the Third Reich. And everyone from John D. Rockefeller to W. E. B. Du Bois supported it.</span></p>