Acclaimed historian Elizabeth Catte , author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia , returns with a lacerating analysis of the history of state-sponsored eugenics, and its ripple effects to this day.
From this plain and terrible fact springs Elizabeth Catte \'s Pure America , a sweeping, unsparing history.
Between 1927 and 1979, more than 8,000 people were involuntarily sterilized in five hospitals across the state of Virginia.
Acclaimed historian Elizabeth Catte , author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia , returns with a lacerating analysis of the history of state-sponsored eugenics, and its ripple effects to this day