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Espino, Virginia (Virginia Rose)

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Virginia Espino and Renee Tajima-Peña Collection of Sterilization Records

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Identifier: CSRC-0016
Abstract This collection comprises court records from the 1970s federal class action lawsuit Madrigal v. Quilligan, collected by Virginia Espino and Renee Tajima-Peña from the National Archives at Riverside to use as research material for their documentary, No Más Bebés.Madrigal v. Quilligan, 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....
Dates: 1975-1979