The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime by Nicholas L. Syrett

The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime

Nicholas L. Syrett

Audiobook edition 10h 46m • audio • 2023

3 editions

nonfiction biography feminism history medium-paced
mark as owned
More Options
add to favorites

Browse Similar Books

Read With Others

Start a Readalong

Start a Buddy Read

Book Information

Report Missing/Incorrect Information

Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

Restell began practicing when abortion was largely unregulated in most of the United States, including New York. Vilifying her became one strategy for controlling women and criminalizing abortion and birth control. But as a sense of disquiet arose...

Show More

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...