Questions for ‘The Sterilization of Leilani Muir’
1. Why did Leilani Muir return to Alberta?
2. What happened to her in 1957?
3. What was her early background?
4. How is eugenics defined?
5. Who was its founder?
6. What were the goals of eugenics’ societies?
7. Who all were included in the category of ‘mentally defective’?
8. What was the justification for the sterilization law?
9. Who invented intelligence tests?
10. How were these changed in the US?
11. How did Goddard support his views on the hereditary nature of intelligence?
12. How many states enacted sterilization laws?
13. Who promoted eugenics laws in Canada?
14. What fears prompted their concerns?
15. What role did science play?
16. What kinds of people were sterilized in Alberta?
17. What were the considerations of the eugenics’ board?
18. How did Leilani Muir find out she had been sterilized?
19. What government infamously passed sterilization laws in 1933?
20. Why was the law finally changed in 1972?