Carrie Buck
Videos
Carrie Elizabeth Buck was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, after having been ordered to undergo compulsory sterilization for purportedly being "feeble-minded" by her
Carrie Buck at the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded in November 1924, prior to the Buck v. Bell trial
Joseph DeJarnette
Videos
Joseph Spencer DeJarnette was the director of Western State Hospital from 1905 to November 15, 1943. He was a vocal proponent of racial segregation and eugenics, specifically, the compulsory steriliza
Carrie Buck
…that Carrie Buck is the likely parent of "socially inadequate offspring[s]" which is a euphemism for illegitimate children. Noted Virginia eugenicist Joseph DeJarnette testified against Buck in the original trial. According to famed eugenicist Harry H. Laughlin, whose written testimony was presented during the trial…
Joseph Spencer De Jarnette