Eugenics in race and state.

  • International Congress of Eugenics
Date:
1923
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    394 DYMPLE BRYANT JOHNSON A woman who pioneered in the early days of Oklahoma and who has helped to build a town which is a good place in which to live, from these experiences has reached this conclusion: Too many children are brought into the world and not given the care and training necessary for good citizenship. An executive in a large wholesale house: Yes, births should be governed by the ability of the parents to properly rear and educate their children, and by the health of their parents. A lawyer phrases it succinctly with Yes, for mother and humanity. A man who has been a successful physician and surgeon since 1903 makes this differentiation which is of real value, I believe in voluntary con¬ ception control only, in order to better care for those that are born into the family, that the woman's strength may not be overtaxed. Likes and dis¬ likes, health and finances of parents must also be considered. The woman who went to college, taught one term, then changed to commercial work says: The study of heredity has been a habit of mine for years. I have watched the development of the children whose parents and grandparents are my close friends. I believe that all chronic alcohoHcs, all syphilitics, insane or mental deficients, all tuberculars, and all those suffering from chronic nervousness—should be masculated. 8. Ages of children living 9. Ages of children dead 10. Number of premature births or miscarriages 11. Do you favor birth control? 12. If so, on what grounds? 13. If opposed to birth control please state your reasons 14. Are any of your children exceptionally gifted, or showing strong and unusual indi¬ vidual traits? Please describe Questionnaire on Practical Eugenics 1. Name and address 2. Present age or date of birth 4. Married, single, widowed or divorced? 6. Number of children to date (1921)... 3. Year of graduation 5. Year of marriage. . 7. How many living?. 15. What has been your condition of health since graduation?