Carrie Buck

For the member of the Nevada Senate, see Carrie A. Buck.
Carrie Buck
Carrie Buck at the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded in November 1924, prior to the Buck v. Bell trial
Born
Carrie Elizabeth Buck

(1906-07-03)July 3, 1906
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJanuary 28, 1983(1983-01-28) (aged 76)
Waynesboro, Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeOakwood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Spouses
William Eagle
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(m. 1932; died 1941)​
Charles Albert "Charlie" Detamore
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(m. 1965)​
ChildrenVivian Dobbs (1924–1932)

Carrie Elizabeth Buck (July 3, 1906 – January 28, 1983)[1] was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, after having been ordered to undergo compulsory sterilization for purportedly being "feeble-minded" by her foster parents after their nephew raped and impregnated her. She had given birth to an illegitimate child without the means to support it. The surgery, carried out while Buck was an inmate of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded, took place under the authority of the Sterilization Act of 1924, part of the Commonwealth of Virginia's eugenics program.[2]

  1. ^ Smith, David J. "Carrie Elizabeth Buck (1906–1983)". Encyclopedia Virginia/Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
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