Jul 8, 2019 • 21M

The Curious Case of the Socialite Who Sterilized Her Daughter

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Did Maryon Cooper Hewitt want to suppress “bad genes” or steal her child’s inheritance? Their battle over genetics and motherhood riveted the nation in 1936.

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