Leon Fradley Whitney autobiography, 1971 Mss.B.W613b
Date: 1971
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Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 50 p.
This volume is an extract of Whitney's unpublished autobiography, giving a partial account of various episodes in his life as a supporter and practitioner of eugenics. There are observations on the American Eugenics Society, the Eugenics Record Office, the Leopold-Loeb murder trial, as well as mentions of Charles B. Davenport, Clarence Darrow, Harry H. Laughlin, and Margaret Sanger.
Leon Fradley Whitney was a biologist and promoted sterilization in eugenics.
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American Eugenics Society Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944 Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880 Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 Whitney, Leon Fradley (1894-1973) Eugenics. Sterilization, Eugenic.