Parran
Americannoun
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During negotiations for New Deal legislation in the mid-1930s, a national health insurance program was under intense discussion, and Parran made a last-second push to add funding for public health departments.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2025
Parran was both a member and trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation at the time, and the complaint states that he “committed The Rockefeller Foundation and its staff and resources to the Guatemala experiments.”
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2017
Dr. Thomas Parran, the former surgeon general who oversaw the start of Tuskegee, acknowledged that the Guatemala work could not be done domestically, and details were hidden from Guatemalan officials.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010
Thomas Parran, who was then U.S. surgeon general, clearly knew the experiment was unethical, Reverby said.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2010
The Hon. Thomas Parran summed up for the suffragists.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Ida Husted Harper
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