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Eugenic feminism
Areas of the women's suffrage movement which overlapped with eugenics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eugenic feminism was a current of the women's suffrage movement which overlapped with [[eugenics]].[1] Originally coined by the Lebanese-British physician and vocal eugenicist Caleb Saleeby,[2][3][4] the term has since been applied to summarize views held by prominent feminists of Great Britain and the United States. Some early suffragettes in Canada, especially a group known as The Famous Five, also pushed for various eugenic policies.
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Eugenic feminists argued that if women were provided with more rights and equality, the deteriorating characteristics of a given race could be averted.