Digitized selections from papers of Bethenia Owens-Adair (1840-1926), who emigrated to Oregon in 1843 and became one of the first women working as doctors in Oregon to hold a medical degree. Owens-Adair was active in multiple reform causes, including the temperance movement, the women's suffrage movement, and women's education. She was also active in the eugenics movement and advocated for the involuntary sterilization of people she described as "unfit." Papers available online are letters to Owens-Adair from Jesse Applegate; a handwritten speech by Owens-Adair in support of women's suffrage; and a pro-eugenics booklet by Owens-Adair, titled "Human Sterilization."