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A large part of the explanation for the integration of eugenics in society is the fact that prominent figures and politicians were heavily involved in eugenics.  Those involved ranged from presidents to biologists to the inventor of the telephone. 
"liberals, left-wing ideologues, social reformers, people of good intentions, scholars, and totally innocent scientists all contributed to the eugenics movement"
"liberals, left-wing ideologues, social reformers, people of good intentions, scholars, and totally innocent scientists all contributed to the eugenics movement"



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A large part of the explanation for the integration of eugenics in society is the fact that prominent figures and politicians were heavily involved in eugenics. Those involved ranged from presidents to biologists to the inventor of the telephone.

"liberals, left-wing ideologues, social reformers, people of good intentions, scholars, and totally innocent scientists all contributed to the eugenics movement"

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Alexander Graham Bell

Margaret Sanger

Henry Goddard

Harry Laughlin