Carrie Buck
Carrie E. Buck (July 3, 1906 – January 28, 1983) was a plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927), and was ordered to undergo compulsory sterilization for purportedly being "feeble-minded." The surgery was carried out while Buck was an inmate of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded under the authority of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, part of the state of Virginia's eugenics program.
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“... every event has had its cause, and nothing, not the least wind that blows, is accident or causeless. To understand what happens now one must find the cause, which may be very long ago in its beginning, but is surely there, and therefore a knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the past and be prepared for the future.”
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