Buck v. Bell 
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SOURCE: Washington Post
9/30/2021
The Historical Line Between Carrie Buck and Britney Spears: Labeling Women "Unfit"
by Gillian Brockell
Historians Elizabeth Catte, Audrey Clare Farley, and Keisha N. Blain give context to the discourse of unfitness that connects the conservatorship imposed on Britney Spears with institutionalization and forced sterilization of women in the 20th century.
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