Carrie Buck
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For the member of the Nevada Senate, see Carrie A. Buck.
Carrie Elizabeth Buck (July 3, 1906 – January 28, 1983)[1] was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, after having been ordered to undergo compulsory sterilization for purportedly being "feeble-minded" by her foster parents after their nephew raped and impregnated her. She had given birth to an illegitimate child without the means to support it. The surgery, carried out while Buck was an inmate of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded, took place under the authority of the Sterilization Act of 1924, part of the Commonwealth of Virginia's eugenics program.[2]
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Carrie Buck | |
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Born | Carrie Elizabeth Buck (1906-07-03)July 3, 1906 |
Died | January 28, 1983(1983-01-28) (aged 76) Waynesboro, Virginia, U.S. |
Resting place | Oakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia |
Nationality | American |
Spouses | William Eagle
(m. 1932; died 1941)Charles Albert "Charlie" Detamore
(m. 1965) |
Children | Vivian Dobbs (1924–1932) |
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