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“For over half a century, tens of thousands of American women were seized and “forcibly examined,” historian Scott W. Stern writes. “If they misbehaved or if they failed to show ‘proper’ ladylike deference, these women could be beaten, doused with cold water, thrown in solitary confinement—or even sterilized.”
― The Calamity Club
― The Calamity Club
“I wept for my grandfather and wept for a past that was dead, and I felt forsaken when the wind refused to whisk me away.”
― What the Wind Knows
― What the Wind Knows
“The national eugenicist Henry H. Goddard, who first introduced what became the modern IQ test, tested thousands of New York City public schoolchildren for imbecility.”
― The Calamity Club
― The Calamity Club
“After 1940, most of those sterilized were working-class women of color, including Fannie Lou Hamer, who many believe coined the heartbreaking term “Mississippi appendectomy.”
― The Calamity Club
― The Calamity Club
“They can’t see us.” “No. Probably not. But the wind and water know all the earth’s secrets. They’ve seen and heard all that has ever been said or done. And if you listen, they will tell you all the stories and sing every song. The stories of everyone who has ever lived. Millions and millions of lives. Millions and millions of stories.”
― What the Wind Knows
― What the Wind Knows
Debbie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Debbie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Children's, Christian, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Romance, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Sports, Travel, and Young-adult
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