Eugenics movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:advocatesFor sterilization
selective breeding
immigration restriction
gptkbp:aimsTo improve genetic quality of human population
gptkbp:associatedWith racial hygiene
forced sterilization laws
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:UNESCO
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:racism
gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
Catholic Church
human rights abuses
Jewish organizations
African American leaders
gptkbp:declinedAfter gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:emergedIn late 19th century
gptkbp:focusesOn eugenics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eugenics movement
gptkbp:influenced marriage laws
immigration laws
public health policies
Nazi policies
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Francis_Galton
gptkbp:inspiredBy Mendelian genetics
theories of heredity
gptkbp:legacy bioethical debates
forced sterilization victims
stigmatization of minorities
gptkbp:legislationPassedIn gptkb:California
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Leonard_Darwin
gptkb:Charles_Davenport
gptkb:Harry_H._Laughlin
gptkb:Margaret_Sanger
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:British_Eugenics_Society
gptkb:American_Eugenics_Society
gptkb:Eugenics_Record_Office
gptkbp:opposedBy bioethicists
disability rights activists
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:popularFor gptkb:Germany
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:relatedTo social Darwinism
genetic determinism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Virginia_Racial_Integrity_Act_of_1924
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6