"Vermont for the Vermonters" Author Talk

This Native American Heritage Month, join us for a talk by Mercedes de Guardiola about her book "Vermont for the Vermonters": The History of Eugenics in the Green Mountain State. 

In “Vermont for the Vermonters”: The History of Eugenics in the Green Mountain State, Mercedes de Guardiola examines how the state’s eugenics movement emerged out of the public policies of the nineteenth century and led to state-sanctioned programs of institutionalization, sterilization, family separation, and education aimed at the most vulnerable Vermonters. Exploring the social and political legacy of the movement, de Guardiola brings new scholarship and context to one of Vermont’s darkest chapters. (via Vermont History)

It is not necessary to read the book before attending the discussion. The author will join us virtually, and have time for questions at the end of her presentation.