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Book SynopsisThe Incorrigibles explores the relationship between Progressive social welfare institutions and eugenics, which, in the mid-1930s, justified the sterilization of fifty-one juvenile girls from the Girls' Industrial School in Beloit, Kansas.
Trade Review“An important contribution to the large corpus on eugenics but especially to the expanding niche of case studies of the application of eugenic ideas in particular contexts. Marcattilio-McCracken’s book provides a well-documented and contextualized case study that demonstrates how pseudoscientific theories of eugenics were reified into policy and translated into action, fundamentally altering the lives of innocent girls. Deemed ‘incorrigibles’ by the state, the girls were denied the ability to reproduce—a fundamental human right.”—Marsha L. Richmond, coeditor in chief of the
Journal of the History of BiologyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Waters Must Be Purified at Their Source
2. To Stem the Ever-Increasing Tide
3. Deprived or Depraved?
4. September 1935–June 1936
5. Aftermath
6. The Beloit Case in Context
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
