EPISODE · Dec 5, 2025 · 25 MIN
Victim of America's Dark Eugenics Era - The Tragic Life of Carrie Buck
from History and Hearsay · host Christina
In 1927 one woman’s fate decided the future of thousands. She was labeled “feeble-minded”locked away and put on trial for her future. But recent research reveals that almost everything said about Carrie Buck was a lie—carefully crafted to push a sinister agenda.”0:00 - Intro0:29 - Chatty Cathy1:19 - Eugenics in the United States3:01 - Carrie’s Early Life7:26 - Forced Sterilization10:07 - Harry Laughlin11:34 - The Trial15:39 - Sterilization & Life going forward21:01 - Doris Buck 23:07 - Three Generations, No Imbeciles24:11 - Lasting EffectsSources:1939: https://time.com/archive/6760602/medicine-feeble-minded-love/ https://origins.osu.edu/read/sterilization-carrie-buck https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/eugenics-finding-carrie-buck/ https://kera.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/amex32ec-soc-buckvbell/buck-v-bell-and-eugenics-american-experience/ https://www.press.jhu.edu/newsroom/just-lucky?srsltid=AfmBOooFCdt5QfnmfixNPb1qfqHxInr7HV4kszJEf58cpC4ha6I98Usf Book (I have not read, but looks intriguing!): https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12262/three-generations-no-imbeciles https://www.translationalres.com/article/S0022-2143(01)24354-6/fulltext https://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/eugenics/3-buckvbell/index.html Support the show
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