“I know it sounds a bit shocking now, but the movement was quite popular years back,” George says. “There was even an extensive exhibit at the 1915 World’s Fair right here in San Francisco. It was all about education back then, teaching people that the best way to strengthen society was to bring into it strong, healthy, and intelligent children. But the focus morphed rather quickly to the practice of sterilizing those with genetically undesirable traits. It went on for years, all in the name of bettering society.
