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'''Allen William Thurman''' (May 1847– 15 November 1922) was a [[baseball]] executive and [[Democrat]] from [[Ohio]] who was the head of the state's Board of Administration in the early 1910s. The son of outspokenly racist U.S. senator [[Allen G. Thurman]], he was known for his advocacy of [[eugenics]].<ref name=eugenics>September 26, 1912. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/26/100549905.pdf Predicting Ohio's Bankruptcy]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 8, 2021.</ref>
==Career==
As the president of the Ohio Board of Administration, Thurman in late September 1912 advocated [[population control]] and called for preventing what he called "imbeciles" from having children.<ref name=eugenics/> He exclaimed in his "prophecy" that the state would be "bankrupted" if it continued to care for the disabled and disadvantaged.
==References==
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[[Category:Ohio]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Bigotry]]
[[Category:Eugenics]]
[[Category:Progressivism]]
==Career==
As the president of the Ohio Board of Administration, Thurman in late September 1912 advocated [[population control]] and called for preventing what he called "imbeciles" from having children.<ref name=eugenics/> He exclaimed in his "prophecy" that the state would be "bankrupted" if it continued to care for the disabled and disadvantaged.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thurman, Allen W.}}
[[Category:Ohio]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Bigotry]]
[[Category:Eugenics]]
[[Category:Progressivism]]