Faculty
Ivey Business School
Supervisor Name
Dr. Mitchell Stein, Dr. Vaughan Radcliffe, Dr. Martin Persson
Keywords
eugenics, ethics, enumeration, audit, accountants, Ohio, sterilization
Description
This research explores the role of State auditors during the eugenics movement in the 1800s-1900s. In Ohio, the enumeration of people with disabilities was a task assigned to auditors. This led to the development of accounting technologies that facilitated the institutionalization of 'feebleminded' individuals.
Acknowledgements
I want to thank the supervising professors Dr. Martin Persson, Dr. Mitchell Stein, Dr. Vaughan Radcliffe, the Western USRI program and the Ivey Business School for their support.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Document Type
Poster
The State of Ohio’s Auditors and the Enumeration of Population, and the Project of Eugenics
This research explores the role of State auditors during the eugenics movement in the 1800s-1900s. In Ohio, the enumeration of people with disabilities was a task assigned to auditors. This led to the development of accounting technologies that facilitated the institutionalization of 'feebleminded' individuals.