Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Gypsies or Pirates? The Vermont Eugenics Survey

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Labeling traveling basket makers as “gypsies”, and people living in house boats as “Pirates”, the University of Vermont ran a science program (1925-36) used to identify thousands of defective, delinquent and dependent Vermonters. Many years later this program was deemed a pseudo-science. Judy Dow gives a brief history of the project as well as the historical trauma suffered by the Families who were targeted.

For more information, contact the Ethan Homestead Museum at www.ethanallenhomestead.org or call 802.865-4556

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Production Date: 04/21/2013
Catalog Number: 9888
Archive Number: 9888
Series: Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program
Length: *1:05:53
Town: Burlington
Geography: Vermont
Event Type: General
Content Type: Other

Airtimes

1 Wednesday April 24, 2013 at 6:00 PM
2 Thursday May 2, 2013 at 1:35 PM
3 Saturday May 11, 2013 at 5:35 AM
4 Saturday May 11, 2013 at 11:35 AM
5 Monday May 13, 2013 at 5:35 AM
6 Monday May 13, 2013 at 11:35 AM
7 Wednesday May 15, 2013 at 4:00 PM
8 Sunday May 19, 2013 at 11:35 PM

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