Publisher's Synopsis
Fitter Families
Yea, I have a goodly heritage my mother
said her sister said the Bible said
and it does and they did we do but
that was also the motto of Fitter Families
for Future Firesides, contests featured
at state fairs using anthropometric
measurements medical dental vision
exams intelligence tests personality
evaluations of families some
with several generations as well
as eugenic family histories. The forms
had a blank for race (which could be Nordic)
and charts were posted with literacy rates
for NATIVE-BORN FOREIGN-BORN NEGROES
as well as birth rates for NATIVE-BORN ALIEN
There were also displays with flashing lights
