The trials of Madame Restell : nineteenth-century America's most infamous female physician and the campaign to make abortion a crime / Nicholas L. Syrett.
"The biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century-and a story that has unmistakable parallels to the current war on reproductive rights"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781620977453
- ISBN: 1620977451
- Physical Description: viii, 336 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : The New Press, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Ann Trow Summers Lohman -- A Letter to Married Women -- In the Family Way -- Madame Restell's Competition -- Illegitimacy and Infanticide -- "A Disgrace to Her Sex" -- A.M. Mauriceau, Professor of Diseases of Women -- Seduced and Abandoned -- In the Public Eye -- Doctors Against Doctors -- Nemesis -- A Reckoning -- "End of an Infamous Life". |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | 362.1988 SYR 2023 (Text) | 31001101915198 | Adult Non Fiction | Available | - |