Cornelia James Cannon and the future American race [electronic resource] / Maria I. Diedrich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Personified mischief": childhood and youth -- "Four years of unorthodox study": the Radcliffe years -- "Walter Cannon is my comfort": marriage and family -- "The woman who stays behind": World War I -- "Can our civilization maintain itself?": immigration, eugenics, and birth control -- "Stone-age individuals": The clan betrays -- "I've got a little fame myself": The Pueblo boy and Red rust -- "The melting pot in action!": heirs -- "Starved kittens": birth control, relief babies, and denial -- "In the face of what we see": journeys and homecomings.

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