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Eugenic Rubicon Main MenuIntroductionThe introductory page for Eugenic RubiconTurning People into PaperworkLocalities: Sonoma State HospitalInteractive timeline for Sonoma State HospitalCreative Engagementsgenerative experiments with sterilization documentationLiving Survivors and the Case for ReparationsA fact sheet detailing the estimates for living survivors and related reparations efforts.Credits and ParticipantsLists the community that has been integral to this projectJacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8Alexandra Minna Stern02eaf6970a5182f25b99ead86d8b2d4b0cbe5c21
The 7-14 Timeline
12017-06-13T15:39:04-07:00Jacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8193897a selected exploration of diagnosis notes for children authorized for sterilization with accompanying photos of children from the same time period (though not linked to sterilization or eugenics to our knowledge); the photos are meant to give a visual sense of the youth of these patients.gallery2017-06-16T11:44:22-07:00Jacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8Created by Jacqueline Wernimont, this timeline is a mixed-media meditation on the impact that sterilizations had on very young patients. Throughout the collection there are many records that indicate the children under the age of 18 were sterilized. This timeline pairs text snippets from the records, the year the record was created, and the age of the child with contemporary photographs of children of roughly the same age. The children photographed here have no direct correlation to the children named in the records, instead they serve as a visual reminder of the youth of the people discussed in the records. The text is entirely drawn from the California sterilization recommendations.