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The Orphans of Davenport
- Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence
- By: Marilyn Brookwood
- Narrated by: Susie Berneis
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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“Doomed from birth” was how psychologist Harold Skeels described two girls at the Orphans’ Home in Davenport, Iowa, in 1934. Following prevailing eugenic beliefs, Skeels and his colleague Marie Skodak assumed that the girls had inherited their parents’ low intelligence and sent them to an institution. To their astonishment, under the women’s care, the children’s IQ scores became normal. Recasting Skeels and his team as intrepid heroes, Marilyn Brookwood weaves years of prodigious archival research to show how after decades of backlash, the Iowans finally prevailed.
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The Orphans of Davenport
- Eugenics, the Great Depression, and the War over Children's Intelligence
- Narrated by: Susie Berneis
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 29-07-21
- Language: English
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