Eugenics, Race and Canada’s First-Wave Feminists: Dis/Abling the Debates
Abstract Using government reports produced by one of Ontario’s pioneering women physicians and leading eugenic crusaders, Dr. Helen MacMurchy, this article interrogates the significance of disability as a central paradigm within first-wave feminism and its promotion of eugenic reforms. I examine ho...
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| Main Author: | Lykke de la Cour |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mount Saint Vincent University
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Atlantis |
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| Online Access: | https://140.230.24.104/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5302 |
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