Women's rights
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Virginia Espino and Renee Tajima-Peña Collection of Sterilization Records
Collection
Identifier: CSRC-0016
Abstract
This collection contains court records from the 1970s federal class action lawsuit Madrigal v. Quilligan. The records were gathered by Virginia Espino and Renee Tajima-Peña from the National Archives at Riverside for their documentary, No Más Bebés.The case, Madrigal v. Quilligan, highlighted the coerced sterilization of Latina women at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. It was initiated by ten Latina women against Dr. E.J. Quilligan and...
Dates:
1975-1979
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library