Oneida supporter John Humphrey Noyes was an early supporter of this movement, which helabeled stirpiculture.
Oneida supporter John Humphrey Noyes was an early supporter of this movement, which helabeled stirpiculture. One of this movements greatest early champions was Charles Davenport, whoconvinced the railroad widow Mrs. E. H. Harriman to found the ERO. Victories for this movementincluded a 1924 Supreme Court case which upheld a Virginia law written by Harry Laughlin andwhich was partially overturned by Skinner v. Oklahoma. Institutions associated with this causeincluded a committee staffed by Alexander Graham Bell and Luther Burbank and the doctoredphotographs included in (*) Henry Goddard's book about the The Kallikak Family. Cereal inventor JohnHarvey Kellogg also subscribed to this movement, which was supported in the case Buck v. Bell andassociated with "Better Baby" contests at State Fairs. It was based on the ideas of Sir Francis Galton andco-opted the work of Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon. For 10 points, name this arm of scientific racismwhich sought to improve the genetic profile of the United States through forced sterilization and breedingrestrictions.
Oneida supporter John Humphrey Noyes was an early supporter of this movement, which helabeled stirpiculture.
eugenics