California sterilized 16,000+ "Mental Defectives" between 1918 and 1943 — and was proud about it: https://www.dnalc.org/view/11352--A-Quarter-of-a-Century-s-Experience-in-Sterilization-of-Mental-Defectives-in-California-by-F-O-Butler-Amer-Journ-Mental-Deficiency-vol-49-4-4-.html …
@LeapingRobot @nils_gilman Article is the role of institutions in translating eugenic ideas into practice, w/California as main case study.
