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“Our Power to Remodel Civilization”: The Development of Eugenic Feminism in Alberta, 1909--1921 (2014)

Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Volume: 31, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 123-142

Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Article in a special issue, “History of Eugenics Revisited”
Language: English

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Feminism Birth control; contraception; sterilization Science and gender Eugenics Law and legislation Mothers and children 20th century, early Alberta, Canada Murphy, Emily

In addition to being a prominent political figure in equal rights legislation, Emily Murphy was a vital contributor to programs which sought to improve the human race through forced sterilization. These negative aspects of this period in feminist history tend to be described as outside of the women's sphere, representing instead the patriarchal realm of men. However, both eugenics and the first-wave feminist ambitions for equal political rights were connected through an agrarian construction of mothers of the race. As mothers of the race, women in Alberta were responsible for the physical and moral betterment of the nation, and were directly engaged in concepts of intelligent motherhood, healthy childhood, and an overarching moral philosophy that was politically driven.

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Article Dyck, Erika (2014) Guest Editor 's Introduction: History of Eugenics Revisited. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine (pp. 7-16). unapi

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