The Galton Society
From Dickinson College Wiki
- Founded in 1918 in New York City, by Madison Grant as an alternative to the American Anthropological Association
- some argue that its purpose was two fold: that listed above, and to provide a safe haven for native Protestants who felt that the American Anthropological Association had been overtaken by Jews
- Met in the American Museum of Natural History; mainly a regional society
- Considered the most racist of the Eugenics societies, as it based its eugenics principles on physical anthropology and the idea of inherited behavior.
- Worked to promote biological determinism as the main theory of human behavior
- Hoped to undermine the growing idea of cultural influence
- Considered the Nordic race to be supreme
Sources
[1] Jonathan Spiro, "Nordic vs. Anti-Nordic: the Galton Society and the American Anthropological Association". Patterns of Prejudice vol 36. no 1. 2002.
[2] Daniel J. Kevles, In the Name of Eugenics. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995.
[3] "Topic: Eugenics Organizations," The Eugenics Archive. http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/topics_fs.pl?theme=19&search=&matches=
