Correspondence regarding the petition by the "Heinonen Sixteen" on gender verification, March-April

Date:
8 Mar 1994-26 Apr 1994
Reference:
UGC 188/8/25
Part of:
Papers of Malcolm Andrew Ferguson-Smith, geneticist, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Correspondence regarding the petition by the "Heinonen Sixteen" on gender verification, March-April. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Includes correspondence between Ferguson-Smith and Professor Arne Ljungqvist, Dr Anke A Ehrhardt, Dr Myron Genel, Alison S Carlson, and Dr Joe Leigh Simpson, about how to approach and respond to the petition.

Publication/Creation

8 Mar 1994-26 Apr 1994

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27 pages

Biographical note

In February 1994 sixteen of the world's top female Olympic athletes called for gender verification to be reinstated by the IAAF, and proposed new methods for so doing. Some felt the calls arose from suspicion attached to sudden improvements in performances of Chinese competitors.

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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