Major Leonard Darwin ( right ), son of the great
Charles Darwin , and Dr. H. F. Osborn greeting
each other during the Second International
Congress of Eugenics in New York.
This image depicts Mendel’s Law of Heredity
This drawing will accompanies the explanation given by Major Darwin
This speech revolves around Major Leonard Darwin, of London, — son of Charles Darwin and the talk he gave around the scientific movement of eugenics. It addresses some of the false beliefs revolving around eugenics and then describes its goal. With that goal, it goes to speak on the benefits of such. Comparing the benefits to that of a Demigod.
Illustration shows a well-dressed old man wearing a top hat and spats, lying on his back, bouncing the earth on his feet; there is a doctor’s bag with various instruments in the foreground (he may have given himself an injection), and on the left, is a weeping cherub, his bowstring is broken and his arrows have fallen on the ground. This image really plays into the line of thinking many had revolving eugenics. With a crying broken cherub on the side, and a Uncle Sam looking doctor, this contrast highlights how cupids ways of love matching making are gone. The scientific eugenic inspired matchmaking has taken over. Early supports from Women’s group emerged as eugenics became a controversial topic.
This is revolving around women and the role eugenics play in their life and what they think about it. Headlined by “Women Deny That Romance of Marriage Is Destroyed by Eugenics.” The paper goes to talk about why eugenics should be continued and points out a myth that scared some white folks. It is important to point out here how they only are addressing this for a white audience rather than the group dealing with most of it.