Charles Benedict Davenport, Madison Grant, and Henry Fairfield Osborn founded the Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man, or the Galton Society, in New York City, New York, in 1918. The Galton Society was a scientific society that promoted the study of humans in terms of race in service to the US eugenics movement. The Galton Society was named in honor of Francis Galton who first coined the term eugenics in 1883. Galton and other eugenics proponents claimed that the human species could improve through selective breeding that restricted who could have children. Some of the society members were scientists from a wide range of disciplines who supported the now disproven notion that fundamental biological differences exist between races that may justify the control of human reproduction. The Galton Society drew on the scientific credibility and influence of its members to advocate for eugenics programs, such as immigration restriction laws, in the US.
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- The Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man (1918–1935)
- Hoff, Aliya R. (Author)
- Schnebly, Risa Aria (Editor)
- Arizona State University. School of Life Sciences. Center for Biology and Society. Embryo Project Encyclopedia. (Publisher)
- Arizona Board of Regents (Publisher)
- Organization
- Eugenics
- Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944
- Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943
- segregation
- Racism
- Racism in the social sciences
- Racism in anthropology
- Racism in medicine
- Sterilization, Involuntary
- Sterilization, Reproductive
- Forced Sterilization
- Sterilization
- Negative Eugenics
- Positive Eugenics
- Abortion, Eugenic
- Heredity
- Genealogy and Heraldry
- Pedigree
- Anthropology, Physical
- Anthropology, Cultural
- Organizations
- Grant, Madison, 1865-1937. passing of the great race; or, The racial basis of European history,
- International Eugenics Congress (1st : 1912 : University of London) Problems in eugenics New York : Garland, 1984.
- International Congress of Eugenics (3rd : 1932 : New York, N.Y.) A decade of progress in eugenics New York : Garland Pub., 1984.
- Eugenics in literature--American--Literary history--20th century
- Eugenics and state. State policy (General)
- Law--United States (General)--Medical legislation--Eugenics. Sterilization
- Sterilization (Eugenics)
- Heredity and social problems
- Racial crossing. Miscegenation
- Relation to race and discrimination
- The Galton Society
- Immigration Restriction
- American Eugenics