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Eugenics and Progressivism in American Reform History
The piece surveys eugenics as a progressive cause, citing Murray and Herrnstein's The Bell Curve and tracing early 20th century reforms, sterilization laws, and racial policy. It notes progressives rejected founders natural rights yet accepted racial hierarchies guiding social policy and government action. George Will endorses Leonard's interpretation.
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Thomas C. Leonard
Richard T. Ely
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Wisconsin
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Princeton
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Robert Yerkes
American Psychological Association
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Middlebury
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