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2021-06-03
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Hoff, Aliya R.
Schnebly, Risa Aria
Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia.
Arizona Board of Regents
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Charles Benedict Davenport, Madison Grant, and Henry Fairfield Osborn founded the Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man, or the Galton Society, in New York City, New York, in 1918. The Galton Society was a scientific society that promoted the study of humans in terms of race in service to the US eugenics movement. The Galton Society was named in honor of Francis Galton who first coined the term eugenics in 1883. Galton and other eugenics proponents claimed that the human species could improve through selective breeding that restricted who could have children. Some of the society members were scientists from a wide range of disciplines who supported the now disproven notion that fundamental biological differences exist between races that may justify the control of human reproduction. The Galton Society drew on the scientific credibility and influence of its members to advocate for eugenics programs, such as immigration restriction laws, in the US.
Organization
Eugenics
Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943
segregation
Racism
Racism in the social sciences
Racism in anthropology
Racism in medicine
Sterilization, Involuntary
Sterilization, Reproductive
Forced Sterilization
Sterilization
Negative Eugenics
Positive Eugenics
Abortion, Eugenic
Heredity
Genealogy and Heraldry
Pedigree
Anthropology, Physical
Anthropology, Cultural
Organizations
Galton, Francis, 1822-1911
Grant, Madison, 1865-1937
Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943
United States. Immigration Act of 1924
The Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man (1918–1935)