The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 1 (of 4): A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better BabiesHague, W. Grant (William Grant)
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The Eugenic Marriage, Volume 1 (of 4): A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
Hague, W. Grant (William Grant)
Eugenics; Hygiene; Marriage
Eugenics gives to women the supreme civilizing instrument of the future. It
places the burden of the morality of the home and of the race on their
shoulders. If we deny the writing on the wall it does not render the
warning negative. The signs of the times are epochal. The great political
parties are realizing, for the first time in history, that new and
important issues concerning the family, the home, and the children, in
other words the nation's manhood and womanhood, must be considered and
included in their platforms. They know that the time has gone when
statesmen will exclusively decide what shall be done with the sons and
daughters which women bring into the world. They know that the mothers of
the race must have a voice in deciding for peace or war since they create
every soldier that will lie dead when war is over. Women will help decide
the question of taxation by government and by trusts, because they know
that it comes out of their incomes and they need it all for their children.
Women know that their cause is the cause of freedom, and freedom is the[54]
cause of the eugenist. They know that the function of government should be
justice and no code of justice can have higher ethics than the ethics of
eugenism.
MOTHERS' EUGENIC CLUBS.--There should be established in every community a
mothers' eugenic club. The object of the club should be to further the
eugenic idea. Papers should be prepared, read, and discussed on subjects
having a eugenic interest.
One of the main aims of these clubs should be to interest the local
Congressman and the member of the State Legislature in eugenics. In all
probability they will know nothing specific about race-culture--unless they
are exceptional men--in which case it will be the duty of the members of
the club to educate them. The object of such education of course would be
to ensure that they will act intelligently when any legislative proposal is
made having a eugenic interest. Find out what they know about the public
health as contained in the report on page 48, and if they will vote in
favor of a Public Health Bureau. You should know how your representatives
stand on the Pure Food and Drugs Act; if they really appreciate the
significance of the measure; if they would be in favor of pensioning
mothers and widows who have children depending upon them; what their views
are regarding compulsory marriage licenses; the reporting of venereal
diseases to the local health authorities; if they would favor the
segregation of the feeble-minded and their maintenance and treatment by the
state; if they endorse the eugenic principle that "the fit only shall be
born," and if they really understand just what that means.
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