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The incorrigibles : eugenics and sterilization in the Kansas Industrial School for Girls / Ry Marcattilio-McCracken.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marcattilio-McCracken, Ry, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Girls' Industrial School (Beloit, Kan.).
- Reformatories for women--Kansas--History--20th century.
- Reformatories for women.
- Female juvenile delinquents--Kansas--History--20th century.
- Female juvenile delinquents.
- Involuntary sterilization--Kansas--History--20th century.
- Involuntary sterilization.
- Eugenics--Government policy--Kansas--History--20th century.
- Eugenics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Waters Must Be Purified at Their Source
- To Stem the Ever-Increasing Tide
- Deprived or Depraved?
- What Such a Place Would Do to the Nerves of a Child, September 1935-June 1936
- Aftermath
- The Beloit Case in Context
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Monahan Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781496237095 (electronic bk.)
- 1496237099 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99994609161
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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