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Connie Pinkerman (3 September 1928-8 June 2009) was a Choctaw-Cherokee woman physician, attorney and activist. She is best known for her role in exposing the 1970's Eugenics programs in which an estimated 40% of Native American women were either coerced or misled into being sterilized. Others interpreted as "more than a quarter" of the Native American women.

On the other hand, there are those who question her figures and conclusion.

Early Life and Education
Pinkerman was born and grew up near Wheatland, California. After graduating high school as her class Valedictorian she attended the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where she earned her M.D degree. She went on to earn her law degree.