How Long to Read In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics

How Long Does it Take to Read In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics by Victoria F. Nourse

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The disturbing, forgotten history of America’s experiment with eugenics. In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America. Believing that criminality and mental illness were inherited, state legislatures passed laws calling for the sterilization of “habitual criminals” and the “feebleminded.” But in 1936, inmates at Oklahoma’s McAlester prison refused to cooperate; a man named Jack Skinner was the first to come to trial. A colorful and heroic cast of characters—from the inmates themselves to their devoted, self-taught lawyer—would fight the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Only after Americans learned the extent of another large-scale eugenics project—in Nazi Germany—would the inmates triumph. Combining engrossing narrative with sharp legal analysis, Victoria F. Nourse explains the consequences of this landmark decision, still vital today—and reveals the stories of these forgotten men and women who fought for human dignity and the basic right to have a family.

How long is In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics?

In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics by Victoria F. Nourse is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics aloud.

What Reading Level is In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics?

In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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