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National Association for Down Syndrome (1960–)
By: Grace Rauch
| Published: Dec 22, 2022
The National Association for Down Syndrome, or NADS, is an organization that was founded in 1960 by Kathryn McGee in Chicago, Illinois, to support…
OrganizationDown syndromeChildren with Down syndromeMothers of children with Down syndromeDown syndrome--Patients--Biography
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
By: Nathaniel Ross
| Published: Sep 22, 2022
In 1990, the United States Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the ADA, which prohibits discrimination against people with…
LawDisability awarenessDisability EvaluationCapacity and disabilityDisability culture
No-scalpel Vasectomy
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Jul 04, 2022
No-scalpel vasectomy, or NSV or keyhole vasectomy, is a surgical method of sterilization that involves puncturing the skin of the scrotum to access…
TechnologySterilizationVasectomyMale SterilizationFamily Planning
Merck & Company's Development of Gardasil
By: Maeen Arslan
| Published: Jun 28, 2022
In 2006, the United States branch of Merck & Co. received FDA approval for Gardasil, a human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine that protects…
OrganizationCervix uteri--CancerPapillomavirusesVaccine mandatesMeasles vaccine
Biological Sex and Gender in the United States
By: Risa Aria Schnebly
| Published: Jun 13, 2022
In the United States, most people are assigned both a biological sex and gender at birth based on their chromosomes and reproductive organs.…
GenderGender-nonconforming peopleGender transitionGender expressionGender Nonconformity
Harry Clay Sharp (1870-1940)
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Jun 08, 2022
Harry Clay Sharp was a surgeon who performed one of the first recorded vasectomies with the purpose of sterilizing a patient. Sterilization is the…
VasectomyEugenicsSterilizationFamily PlanningMale Sterilization
Women’s Field Army (1936–1948)
By: Emily Santora, Alexis Darby
| Published: Jul 31, 2021
From 1936 to 1945, the Women’s Field Army, hereafter the WFA, educated women in the US on the early symptoms, prevention, and treatment of…
OrganizationCancercarcinomapublic healthUterine Cervical Neoplasms
The International Eugenics Congresses (1912–1932)
By: Aliya R. Hoff
| Published: Jul 29, 2021
The International Eugenics Congresses consisted of three scientific meetings held in London, England, in 1912 and at the American Museum of Natural…
OrganizationEugenics--United States--HistoryEugenicsNazisNegative Eugenics
Days for Girls (2008– )
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jun 30, 2021
In 2008, Celeste Mergens founded the organization Days for Girls to address obstacles impeding women’s and girls’ access to sustainable hygiene and…
OrganizationMenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsSanitary napkins
The Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man (1918–1935)
By: Aliya R. Hoff
| Published: Jun 03, 2021
Charles Benedict Davenport, Madison Grant, and Henry Fairfield Osborn founded the Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man, or…
OrganizationEugenicsDavenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943segregation