I prefer the original, HTML-only Eugenics Archive site, take me there. The site may take a few minutes to load on dial-up connections. You can access the palm version of the site here.

Examine the Chronicle of how society dealt with mental illness and other "dysgenic" traits in the final section of our website DNA Interactive. Meet four individuals who became objects of the eugenic movement's zeal to cleanse society of "bad" genes during the first half of the 20th century. Then meet a modern-day heroine for an account of mental illness and the lesson it holds for living in the gene age.