E.S. Gosney
Ezra Seymour Gosney (November 6, 1855–September 14, 1942) was an American philanthropist and eugenicist. In 1928 he founded the Human Betterment Foundation (HBF) in Pasadena, California, with the stated aim "to foster and aid constructive and educational forces for the protection and betterment of the human family in body, mind, character, and citizenship," primarily through the advocacy of compulsory sterilization of the mentally ill and mentally retarded.
External links
- Information about Gosney and the HBF papers collection in Caltech
- Another picture of Gosney (Caltech Archives)
- HBF Collection at Caltech
- Eugenics Archive images relating to compulsory sterilization (contains picture of and letters from Gosney)
- "Human Sterilization" – 1934 pamphlet published by the Human Betterment Foundation
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