Aubrey E. Strode, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Member of the Senate of Virginia
Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1873
Place of Birth: Amherst County, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 17-May-1946
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Aubrey E. Strode
- Aubrey Ellis Strode (October 2, 1873 – May 17, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician.
- A Democrat, he was a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the state's 19th district.
- He was a strong advocate for Jim Crow laws.
- Strode authored Virginia's sterilization law (Racial Integrity Act of 1924).
- Strode also represented the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded in its court case for forced sterilizations of people identified as morons (feebleminded) based on eugenics arguments.
- Strode argued the test case for the forced Sterilization of Carrie Buck before the U.S.
- Supreme Court.
- Buck’s attorney was a friend of Strode's since childhood, Irving Whitehead, who had also served on the Colony's board.
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