Eugenics in Wisconsin Ep. 197

In this episode, I uncover Wisconsin’s leading role in the eugenics movement by exploring the “Wisconsin Home for the Feebleminded,” a correctional institution that I rode by on the school bus every day growing up.

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Show Notes:

Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled Historical Marker (hmdb.org)

WPT University Place: Eugenics in Wisconsin – YouTube

Southern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled – Asylum Projects

Wisconsin Eugenics (uvm.edu)

Northern Center for the Developmentally Disabled, Chippewa, Wisconsin,  Clark County, Wisconsin History & Genealogy (wiclarkcountyhistory.org)

Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 97, number 1, autumn 2013 – Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives – Wisconsin Historical Society Online Collections (wisconsinhistory.org)

Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 97, number 1, autumn 2013 – Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives – Wisconsin Historical Society Online Collections (wisconsinhistory.org)

How & Why Big Oil Conquered The World : The Corbett Report

Who Is Bill Gates? : The Corbett Report

Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era: Leonard, Thomas C.: 9780691175867: Amazon.com: Books

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