Carrie Buck
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Carrie Buck was the young Virginia woman whose forced sterilization case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell decision upholding eugenic sterilization laws.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carrie Buck canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Commonwealth of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
U.S. Supreme Court decision Buck v. Bell (1927)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historical studies of American eugenics ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | white American ⓘ |
| familyName | Buck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Carrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause | forced sterilization ⓘ |
| hasChild | Vivian Buck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalReputation | symbol of abuses of eugenics ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLegalRepresentation | court-appointed attorney ⓘ |
| hasMaritalStatus |
divorced
ⓘ
married ⓘ |
| hasMother | Emma Buck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableQuoteAboutHerCase | "Three generations of imbeciles are enough" (Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., about Buck family) ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | domestic worker ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| hasRole | plaintiff ⓘ |
| hasSocialStatus | working-class ⓘ |
| hasTitle | test case for Virginia eugenics law ⓘ |
| influenced |
bioethics debates on involuntary sterilization
ⓘ
later criticism of eugenics ⓘ reproductive rights jurisprudence ⓘ |
| legalCase | Buck v. Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalCaseJurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalCaseOutcomeForHer | sterilization order upheld ⓘ |
| legalCaseYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| legalStatusInCase | deemed "feeble-minded" by authorities ⓘ |
| lifeEvent |
gave birth to a daughter before sterilization case
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placed in institutional care in Virginia ⓘ |
| name | Carrie Buck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | sterilization under Virginia eugenics law ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the plaintiff in Buck v. Bell ⓘ |
| opposedBy | civil liberties advocates (retrospectively) ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of eugenics in the United States
ⓘ
history of reproductive rights in the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Buck v. Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| victimOf |
eugenic sterilization laws
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forced sterilization ⓘ |
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