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As an author, Ross' best known book is ''Social Control''.

As an author, Ross' best known book is ''Social Control''.

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Ross was born in Virden, Illinois, in 1866. He graduated from Coe College, Iowa, in 1886 and then studied at the University of Berlin during 1888–1889.  He attended Johns Hopkins University during 1890-91 where he received the degree of of Doctor of Philosophy in 1891. During the year of 1891-92 he was Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Indiana and the following year was spent at Cornell as Associate Professor of Political Economy and Finance.<ref name=badger>[https://books.google.com/books?id=N59GAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA77 Wisconsin Art Portfolio Badger]</ref>  As an economist, Ross was trained by [[Richard T. Ely]].<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/3486894?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents The Economics of Edward Alsworth Ross]</ref>

Ross was born in Virden, Illinois, in 1866. He graduated from Coe College, Iowa, in 1886 and then studied at the University of Berlin during 1888–1889.  He attended Johns Hopkins University during 1890-91 where he received the degree of of Doctor of Philosophy in 1891. During the year of 1891-92 he was Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Indiana and the following year was spent at Cornell as Associate Professor of Political Economy and Finance.<ref name=badger>[https://books.google.com/books?id=N59GAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA77 Wisconsin Art Portfolio Badger]</ref>  As an economist, Ross was trained by [[Richard T. Ely]].<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/stable/3486894?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents The Economics of Edward Alsworth Ross]</ref>

==Wisconsin Sterilization Law==

==Wisconsin Sterilization Law==

In 1913, the State of Wisconsin passed its first sterilization law.<ref name=Wisconsin>{{cite web |url=http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/WI/WI.html |title=Wisconsin }}</ref>  Ross, who lived in Wisconsin at the time, was a proponent<ref name=Wisconsin /> of sterilization and indicated his support for the measure.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Vecoli |first=Rudolph |authorlink=Rudolph Vecoli |date=1960 |title=Sterilization: A Progressive Measure? |journal=The Wisconsin Magazine of History |volume=43 |pages=190-202 |quote=For my own part, I am entirely in favor of it.  The objections to it are essentially sentimental, and will not bear inspection.  Sterilization is not nearly so terrible as hanging a man, and the chances of sterilizing the fit are not nearly so great, as are the chances of hanging the innocent.  In introducing the policy, the wedge should have a very thin end indeed.  Sterilization should at first be applied only to extreme cases, where the commitments and the record pile up an overwhelming case.  As the public becomes accustomed to it, and it is seen to be salutary and humane, it wil be possible gradually to extend its scope until it fills its legitimate sphere of application. }}</ref>

In 1913, the State of Wisconsin passed its first sterilization law.<ref name=Wisconsin>{{cite web |url=http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/WI/WI.html |title=Wisconsin }}</ref>  Ross, who lived in Wisconsin at the time, was a proponent<ref name=Wisconsin /> of sterilization and indicated his support for the measure.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Vecoli |first=Rudolph |authorlink=Rudolph Vecoli |date=1960 |title=Sterilization: A Progressive Measure? |journal=The Wisconsin Magazine of History |volume=43 |pages=190–202 |quote=For my own part, I am entirely in favor of it.  The objections to it are essentially sentimental, and will not bear inspection.  Sterilization is not nearly so terrible as hanging a man, and the chances of sterilizing the fit are not nearly so great, as are the chances of hanging the innocent.  In introducing the policy, the wedge should have a very thin end indeed.  Sterilization should at first be applied only to extreme cases, where the commitments and the record pile up an overwhelming case.  As the public becomes accustomed to it, and it is seen to be salutary and humane, it wil be possible gradually to extend its scope until it fills its legitimate sphere of application. }}</ref>

==Dewey Commission==

==Dewey Commission==

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=_e0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT185 The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans]

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=_e0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT185 The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans]

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