Tajima-Pena, Renee
Person
Occupations
Topics
- Documentary films
- Video recordings -- Production and direction
- Asian Americans--Social conditions
- Race
- Social change
- Asian Americans--Study and teaching
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Virginia Espino and Renee Tajima-Peña Collection of Sterilization Records
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-0016
Abstract
This collection includes court records from the 1970's federal class action lawsuit, Madrigal v. Quilligan, which brought to light the coerced sterilization of Latina women at Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. The case was brought to court by 10 Latina women against E.J. Quilligan, M.D., and other hospital obstetricians. The court records span from June 1975 through April 1979. The judge ruled against the women. However, the case increased public awareness...
Dates:
1975-2001
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library