Racial hygiene

Rozanna Lilley

Racial hygiene

Rozanna Lilley

Macquarie School of Education

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Abstract

Poem centred on discourses of "racial hygiene" in Australia promoted by members of the Women’s Reform League, especially Lillie Goodisson who established the Racial Hygiene Association of New South Wales in 1926. They advocated selective breeding, the segregation and sterilisation of the ‘mentally deficient’ and the introduction of pre-marital health examinations. At a time when backyard abortions were commonly available, highly dangerous and illegal, they also provided advice about contraception. Their program reflected broadly circulating ideas about eugenics in the 1940s.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Guide to Sydney crime
Editors	Les Wicks
Place of Publication	Sydney
Publisher	Meuse Press
Pages	10
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - Jan 2022

Keywords

eugenics
racial hygiene
abortion

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