Key Figures

• The first person involuntarily sterilized under Virginia’s eugenics laws

• Superintendent of The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded

• Justice in the Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell

• Experienced lawyer agreed to “defend” Buck in the court of law
• A former colony board member
• A sterilization supporter

• Drafted the Sterilization law
• Defended the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble Minded in court

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