Gertrude Davenport and eugenics
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-6224v17i2p219-230Keywords:
Francis Galton, Karl Pearson, Charles Davenport, Cold Spring Harbor, 19th and 20th centuriesAbstract
Gertrude Crotty Davenport (1866-1946), née Gertrude Anna Crotty, was noted for her contributions to zoology. In addition, she actively participated in the United States eugenics movement along with her husband, Charles Benedict Davenport (1866-1944). The present work consists of an annotated translation of Gertrude’s article published in The Independent in 1912. In this article, she presents her view on eugenics in general. In addition, she discusses the situation in which the eugenics movement found itself at the beginning of the 1910s.
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