Gertrude Crotty Davenport

Gertrude Crotty Davenport
Born(1866-02-28)February 28, 1866
Asequa, near Denver, Colorado, U.S.
DiedMarch 8, 1946(1946-03-08) (aged 80)
Upper Nyack, New York, U.S.
OccupationZoologist
SpouseCharles Benedict Davenport
ChildrenThree, including Millia Crotty Davenport

Gertrude Anna Davenport (née Crotty; 1866–1946), was an American zoologist who worked as both a researcher and an instructor at established research centers such as the University of Kansas and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory where she studied embryology, development, and heredity.[1] The wife of Charles Benedict Davenport, a prominent eugenicist, she co-authored several works with her husband. Together, they were highly influential in the United States eugenics movement during the progressive era.[2][3][4]

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  3. ^ Largent, Mark A. (2011). Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States (Paperback ed.). Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4998-9.
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