British Eugenics Failure and Success

<p>The historical narrative of eugenics often focuses on those eugenic societies and movements that ‘succeeded’ in part or in full in achieving a eugenic society. Less studied are those societies that failed, whether due to social backlash or internal incoherence. The British Eugenic Educational Society as the foundational point of eugenics, has therefore been overlooked as a result of it’s perceived lack of contribution to eugenic thought and its failure to pass eugenic legislation. Founded by Francis Galton, the originator of the philosophy of eugenics, the British Eugenic Educational Society should have been successful given it’s reputation and the numerous scientific, political and literary luminaries attached to it. By examining the causes of its failure historians may be better able to understand why eugenics never ‘succeeded’ in the British Isles.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

One-year Embargo

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Gallagher, Angela

Contributors dc:contributor

• John C. Mitcham
• Andrew T. Simpson

• Eugenics
• British Eugenic Society
• Francis Galton
• Karl Pearson
• Leonard Darwin
• Britain
• Bioethics and Medical Ethics
• European History
• History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
• Medical Humanities
• Social History

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1883

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-2893