American Eugenics Society material collected by Leon F. Whitney 1923-1963
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Whitney, Leon F. (Leon Fradley), 1894-1973
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Leon Fradley Whitney (1894-1973), biologist and verterinarian, was the author of juvenile fiction and books on the care of pets. From the description of Leon Fradley Whitney papers, 1931, 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702131625 Leon Fradley Whitney was a biologist and promoted sterilization in eugenics. From the description of Autobiography, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122409239 From the guide to the Leon ...
American eugenics society
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The Second International Conference on Eugenics, held in New York in 1921, produced one concrete result: the American Eugenics Society. Although the eugenics movement had been gaining strength in the United States for over a decade, there was at the time no formal organization through which to pursue its broader political and educational agenda. As a result, a group of prominent eugenicists founded the Eugenics Committee of the U.S.A., which became the Eugenics Society of America, a...
