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Amidst the chaos of 19th century New York City, one poor immigrant woman named Ann Lohman managed to climb her way out of the slums and into a brownstone mansion on 5th avenue. But her means of doing this rubbed some people the wrong way. Ann, alias Madame Restell, was a notorious abortionist operating in the city with satellite offices in Philadelphia and Boston. She built an empire selling married women birth control and performing procedures to help them end unwanted pregnancies. Soon after she began this profitable practice, there were many who hoped to take her down, put a stop to it. But not for the reasons you might expect. Not for the reasons people oppose abortion today. Turns out, abortion, though mostly unseen and unspoken of, has been mostly an accepted necessity throughout history. It wasn't until the mid 1800s when women like Madame Restell rose up, challenging the status quo that abortion became controversial. Let's fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources: Smithsonian Magazine "Madame Restell: The Abortionist of 5th Avenue"Science History Institute "How Notorious Abortionist Madame Restell Built a Drug Empire"The New York Historical Society "Life Story: Ann Trow Lohman, a.k.a Madame Restell"The New York Historical Society "Urbanization"Johns Hopkins University "A Brief History of Abortion in the US"CNN "Abortion is ancient history: Long before Roe, women terminated pregnancies"Shoot me a message!
Ann Trow Lohman, known as Madame Restell (1812-1878), was a 19th-century abortionist and birth control provider in New York City. She gained notoriety for her practice, which included abortions and selling contraceptives. Despite numerous legal battles and public outcry, she continued her work for decades. For Further Reading: Life Story: Ann Trow Lohman, a.k.a. Madame Restell (1812 - 1878) How Notorious Abortionist Madame Restell Built a Drug Empire The story of a 19th-century firebrand who stood up to abortion foes This month we're talking about women who found themselves at the center of controversy -- whether deserved or not. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones, Abbey Delk, Hannah Bottum, Lauren Willams, Adrien Behn, Alyia Yates Grau, and Vanessa Handy. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Reproductive healthcare remains a divisive issue in the United States, and once again, abortion is on the ballot in an election nearly one month away. In 2022, the Dobbs Decision took away the constitutional right to privacy and bodily autonomy and gave states increased rights to limit and even outlaw abortions. (Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Supreme Court Decision) The impact of this decision on women and girls resulted in forced births, preventable deaths, and legal prosecution for experiencing miscarriages and crossing state lines to seek necessary reproductive healthcare services. Due to the ever-present need for urgent response to these life-threatening and often life-ending policies, historical perspectives of women's reproductive healthcare may not always be at the forefront of the abortion debate. Today will learn from the life of a prominent 19th-century icon who offered reproductive healthcare services to women for forty years. Nicholas Syrett has written a brilliant portrayal of one of the most famous abortionists of this time in his book, “The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime” (The New Press 2023). Nicholas will share the profundity of her work amidst the scandals and consequences of the time. We will also discuss how this relates to the current state of women's reproductive rights.
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On today's episode, Karen and Georgia cover 19th-century abortionist Madame Restell. For our sources and show notes, visit www.myfavoritemurder.com/episodes. Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/3UFCn1g Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Anthony Comstock strikes again! This time going after notorious abortionist Madame Restell. Get your tickets to American Filth Live here! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Maura and Chloé talk about Madame Restell (1812-1878); the British-born (not actually French, eventually American) badass midwife and business woman. TW: Abortion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Could an 1873 law that hasn't been enforced in nearly a century be a national abortion ban just waiting to happen? Legal friend of the pod Natalie Birnbaum (Repro Solutions) returns to explain what the Comstock Act is, why it's getting so much attention lately and whether it could it ban medication abortion and even birth control. Highlights include: Gilded Age abortionist Madame Restell, a postmaster general gone wild, fake-out abortion referenda and Justice Samuel Alito's revisionist legal history.Recommended resources: Plan C Pills Yellowhammer Fund ReproCare If/When/How Get more Unladylike: Send voice memos and emails to hello@unladylike.co Follow Unladylike on Instagram and TikTok Join the Unladies' Room Patreon Shop Unladylike merch Contact Multitude Productions for ad rates, etc. This episode is sponsored in part by Oak Essentials. Get 15% off your first order with code UNLADYLIKE15. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Could an 1873 law that hasn't been enforced in nearly a century be a national abortion ban just waiting to happen? Legal friend of the pod Natalie Birnbaum (Repro Solutions) returns to explain what the Comstock Act is, why it's getting so much attention lately and whether it could it ban medication abortion and even birth control. Highlights include: Gilded Age abortionist Madame Restell, a postmaster general gone wild, fake-out abortion referenda and Justice Samuel Alito's revisionist legal history. Recommended resources: Plan C Pills Yellowhammer Fund ReproCare If/When/How Get more Unladylike: Send voice memos and emails to hello@unladylike.co Follow Unladylike on Instagram and TikTok Join the Unladies' Room Patreon Shop Unladylike merch Contact Multitude Productions for ad rates, etc. This episode is sponsored in part by Oak Essentials. Get 15% off your first order with code UNLADYLIKE15. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We hope you enjoy this rerelease of one of our favorite episodes: Episode 123. Originally released on May 11, 2022, you will hear us discuss abortion in the United States before and after the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade. Hillary and Tina cover Roe vs. Wade and the history of abortion in America. Hillary's Story Throughout the early history of America, abortion was permitted. BUT when women began to seek more rights, more restriction on abortion gets enacted. Tina's Story Roe vs. Wade made a woman's right to choose a private issue and ensured safe access to abortion. BUT despite that republican law makers have fought to restrict abortion access in America. Hillary's Sources AJPH Population Group Abortion Rates and Lifetime Incidence of Abortion: United States, 2008–2014 (https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304042)--by Rachel K. Jones PhD, and Jenna Jerman MPH The Atlantic My Abortion Before Roe v. Wade (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/before-roe-v-wade/607609/)--by Elizabeth Stone Bustle Getting An Abortion In The '60s Was Way Different Than It Is Today (https://www.bustle.com/p/what-getting-abortion-was-like-in-the-60s-70s-80s-compared-to-now-7977732)--by Amanda Chatel The Daily Beast Here's What Life Was Like for American Women in America Before ‘Roe v. Wade' (https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-what-life-was-like-for-american-women-in-america-before-roe-v-wade)--by Geoffrey R. Stone Fast Company Which states will ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned? These maps will tell you- (https://www.fastcompany.com/90748537/which-states-will-ban-abortion-if-roe-v-wade-is-overturned-these-maps-will-tell-you)-by Christopher Zara History Roe v. Wade (https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/roe-v-wade) The New York Times Before Roe (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/21/opinion/roe-v-wade-abortion-history.html)--by Illan Panich-Linsman and Lauren Kelley Pew Research Center About six-in-ten Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases (https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/05/06/about-six-in-ten-americans-say-abortion-should-be-legal-in-all-or-most-cases/)--by Hannah Hartig Planned Parenthood I Had an Illegal Abortion Before Roe v. Wade (https://www.plannedparenthood.org/blog/i-had-an-illegal-abortion-before-roe-v-wade)--by Phyllis (guest blogger) Slate Caught in the Net (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/enforcement-of-abortion-laws-before-roe-v-wade.html)--by Leslie J. Reagan Vice I Got an Illegal Abortion Before Roe v. Wade--by Carter Sherman (https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgewz/illegal-abortion-roe-v-wade-michigan) Wikipedia Unsafe abortion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_abortion) Photos National Police Gazette Cover with Madame Restell (https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*sGKVvhLCeE7Da_LV3LrT5Q.jpeg)--from Wikimedia via Timeline Majority of Americans Approve of Legal Abortion Chart (https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/?attachment_id=37518)--via Pew Research Center Gloria Allred and Norma McCorvey (https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2018_23/1907051/170218-allred-mccorvey-supreme-court-cb-1619.jpg)--by Greg Gibson/AFP via NBC News Tina's Sources Alabama Author of Alabama abortion ban says state might add exceptions as it grapples with possible Roe ruling (https://www.al.com/news/2022/05/author-of-alabama-abortion-ban-says-state-might-add-exceptions-as-it-grapples-with-possible-roe-ruling.html)--by Sarah Whites-Koditschek Rep. Terri Collins: Banker turned pro-life crusader (https://www.al.com/politics/2019/11/rep-terri-collins-banker-turned-pro-life-crusader.html)--by Abbey Crain BedBible Black and Hispanic people have the most to lose if Roe is overturned (https://bedbible.com/abortions-by-race-statistics/)--by BedBible CNN 13 states have passed so-called 'trigger laws,' bans designed to go into effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned (https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/us/state-abortion-trigger-laws-roe-v-wade-overturned/index.html)--by Elizabeth Wolfe The Guardian A Republican theme on abortions: 'It's OK for me, evil for thee' (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/25/a-republican-theme-on-abortions-its-ok-for-me-evil-for-thee)--by Arwa Mahdawi Death sentence for abortion? The hypocrisy of US 'pro-lifers' is plain to see (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/11/death-sentence-abortion-hypocrisy-pro-life)--by Jill Filipovic Guttmacher Institute For the First Time Ever, U.S. States Enacted More Than 100 Abortion Restrictions in a Single Year (https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2021/10/first-time-ever-us-states-enacted-more-100-abortion-restrictions-single-year)--by Elizabeth Nash The Independent 'Death sentence for women': Alabama proposes law to make abortion punishable by up to 99 years in prison (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alabama-abortion-crime-pregnancy-trump-administration-us-a8854716.html)--by Maya Oppenheim Ms. Magazine Hana's Story: Tricked and Traumatized by a Fake Abortion Clinic (https://msmagazine.com/2022/05/04/fake-abortion-clinics-crisis-pregnancy-center-cheap-abortion/)--by CARRIE N. BAKER Warning Communities About Fake Clinics, One Sidewalk at a Time (https://msmagazine.com/2018/08/23/warning-communities-fake-clinics-one-sidewalk-time/)--by CARMIYA BASKIN Naral The Hypocrisy of the “Pro-Life” Movement (https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/campaign/the-hypocrisy-of-the-pro-life-movement/) NBC News The biggest health risks women would face if Roe v. Wade is overturned (https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/health-risks-overturning-roe-v-wade-abortion-rcna27109)--by Aria Bendix and Dana Varinsky The New Yorker Of Course the Constitution Has Nothing to Say About Abortion (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-there-are-no-women-in-the-constitution) The New York Times Here are key passages from the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion. (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/us/supreme-court-abortion-opinion-draft.html)--by Mary Cramer Where Abortion Could Be Banned Without Roe v. Wade (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/abortion-bans-restrictons-roe-v-wade.html)--by Allison McCann and Taylor Johnson NPR-WLRN Judging Samuel Alito on Abortion Rights (https://www.npr.org/2006/01/24/5081976/judging-samuel-alito-on-abortion-rights)--by Diane Geng The Philadelphia Inquirer Who is Justice Alito? The New Jersey-bred Supreme Court jurist may shape abortion rights (https://www.inquirer.com/news/supreme-court-justice-alito-abortion-rights-dobbs-jackson-20220503.html)--by Samantha Melamed Planned Parenthood Background on Title X Gag Rule (https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/08/1a/081a25a9-85b3-44d3-9c47-d6230d6622ea/background_on_the_title_x_gag_rule_1.pdf) Timeline of Attacks on Abortion: 2009–2021 (https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion/abortion-central-history-reproductive-health-care-america/timeline-attacks-abortion) Politico Inside Tim Murphy's reign of terror (https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/05/tim-murphy-abortion-scandal-office-staffers-243521)--by Rachel Bade, Jake Sherman, and John Bresnahan Read Justice Alito's initial draft abortion opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade (https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/read-justice-alito-initial-abortion-opinion-overturn-roe-v-wade-pdf-00029504) ProPublica Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape (https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-roe-wade-alito-scotus-hale)--by Ken Armstrong Texas Tribune This Republican Texas lawmaker halted a bill to outlaw abortion. He now faces security concerns, sheriff says. (https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/11/texas-lawmaker-abortion-bill-leach-tinderholt-safety-concern/)--by Elizabeth Byrne US News 'Pro-Life' Congressman Who Urged Abortions for Ex-Wife and Mistress Is Running Again (https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/07/24/desjarlais-pro-life-congressman-who-urged-abortions-for-ex-wife-and-mistress-is-running-again)--by Steven Nelson The Young Turks He Supports the Death Penalty for Abortion; Big Companies Are Backing Him (https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/5RidycxYtnv7Vuz9uIws6T)--by Andy Hirschfeld Photos: Judge Samuel Alito (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Samuel_Alito_official_photo.jpg/1024px-Samuel_Alito_official_photo.jpg)--by Steve Petteway via Public Domain First Draft of Alito Abortion Opinion (https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/36595be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1160x773+0+0/resize/1260x840!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F44%2F95%2F66dbe1314dcd9e9a98f854a35239%2Fscreenshot-2022-05-03-123921.jpg)--via Politico Map of Where Abortion Would be Protected (https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/AbortionProtectionByState_v02_sd_1651668583886_hpEmbed_1x1_992.jpg)--from Center for Reproductive Rights via ABC News
For decades, one woman was the heart and soul of Versailles: Madame de Pompadour. Dana speaks with Jennifer Wright (author of Madame Restell) about the courtier's rise to the King's Mistress and her strengths as a diplomat and great party guest. Support Noble Blood: — Bonus episodes, stickers, and scripts on Patreon — Merch! — Order Dana's book, 'Anatomy: A Love Story' and its sequel 'Immortality: A Love Story'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
She was known as the “wickedest woman in New York” during her lifetime. A physician adored by her patients but despised by the moralizing populace sweeping mid-19th century America. She defied all social conventions of her era, she rose from an immigrant widowed single mother living on the lower east side to a self-made millionaire outbidding the Catholic Diocese of New York for an empty lot on fifth avenue. She not only provided abortions and birth control to women throughout the country but blatantly advertised her services in New York newspapers. She would have been celebrated for her American spirit if she had been a man. Unapologetically ambitious, a ruthless and savvy business owner, and a resilient survivor. But Madame Restell was not a man, and in addition, she provided services such as abortion and birth control that still divide American society to this day. Instead of going down in the annals of American history alongside men like John D Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and JP Morgan, the name Madame Restell has become synonymous with villainy, greed, murder, and corruption. Featured Guests: Critically acclaimed novelist Kate Manning who is the author of My Notorious Life, a fictional interpretation of Madame Restell's life and world, and Jennifer Wright, an author and journalist who recently published the highly successful book Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Content warning: This episode contains occasional explicit sexual references and depictions of graphic events that some may find disturbing. Madame Restell is a figure you've likely never heard of. Our guest this week points out that Restell, an abortionist who became one of the most influential and wealthiest women in NYC during the 19th century, has been “deliberately written out of history.” But learning about Restell's story provides incredible insight into the longstanding and contemporary battles over abortion access in the U.S. Jennifer Wright is a journalist and author of “Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist.” Wright joins WITHpod to discuss Restell's rise to prominence, the opposition Restell faced from anti-vice crusaders like Anthony Comstock, why she says the U.S. is “heading back not only 50 years, but 150 years” and more.
Do you know how the wickedest woman in New York got her name? Ann Trow, or as she was better known, Madame Restell, was a prominent abortion provider in the late 1800s. She had no medical training, and yet started a business from the ground up, making medication abortion pills and doing surgical abortions. Her work was wildly successful, but also led to her making many enemies in New York society and even at the national governmental level. Join us this week as we unpack the life of this incredible woman, and learn more about the evolution of abortion at that time!Check out our Feminist Corner discussion questions after listening and send us your thoughts! Do we have a figure in our society now who we could try to compare to Madame Restell? Doesn't have to be in abortion/reproductive spaces!What does Madame Restell's business success say about her impact on the women of her time? What is your biggest takeaway from her story?Join the From Skirts To Scrubs community and meet us at the intersection of feminism, medicine, and history! Follow us on socials:Instagram: @fromskirtstoscrubs Facebook: @fromskirtstoscrubs TikTok: @fromskirtstoscrubsTwitter: @FSTS_Podcast
Author, Jennifer Wright, discusses her riveting new pop history book, MADAME RESTELL: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist. Madam Restell, overlooked feminist hero, was an immigrant living in New York City in the mid 1800s, who rose to fame (or infamy, depending on who's asking) to become the most well-known abortionist in New York, and a self-made millionaire. From This Episode MADAME RESTELL: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist Listen to All Electorette Episodes https://www.electorette.com/podcast Support the Electorette Rate & Review on iTunes: https://apple.co/2GsfQj4 Also, if you enjoy the Electorette, please subscribe and leave a 5-star review on iTunes. Also, please spread the word by telling your friends, family, and colleagues about The Electorette! WANT MORE ELECTORETTE? Follow the Electorette on social media. Electorette Facebook Electorette Instagram Electorette Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 19th Century New York, everyone knew who to go to to end an unwanted pregnancy: the French-trained, sophisticated Madame Restell, who lived in a posh mansion on 5th Avenue. In reality, Madame Restell was English immigrant Ann Trow Lohman, and she had never even been to France, but she managed to combine medical skill with her carefully crafted public persona to become tremendously wealthy, while providing a much-needed service. As the legal landscape of the United States grew ever more conservative, Madame Restell did her best to evade the authorities, and then Anthony Comstock knocked on her door. Joining me this week to help us understand more about Madame Restell is historian and writer Jennifer Wright, author of Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The mid-episode music is part of Twelve Pieces for piano, op. 40, No. 9, Valse in F-sharp minor, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1878, performed by Kevin McLeod, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The episode image is “The arrest of abortionist Ann Lohman (a.k.a. Madame Restell) by Anthony Comstock,” from the February 23, 1878, edition of the New York Illustrated Times; scanned from The Wickedest Woman in New York: Madame Restell, the Abortionist by Clifford Browder; available via Wikimedia Commons and in the public domain. Additional sources: “Madame Restell: The Abortionist of Fifth Avenue,” by Karen Abbott, Smithsonian Magazine, November 27, 2012. “Life Story: Ann Trow Lohman, a.k.a. Madame Restell (1812 - 1878),” Women and the American Story, New York Historical Society. “When 'The Wickedest Woman of New York' Lived on Fifth Avenue,” by Simon Scully, Mental Floss, October 2, 2020. “Madame Restell's Other Profession,” By Christopher Gray, The New York Times, October 10, 2013. “‘Sex and the Constitution': Anthony Comstock and the reign of the moralists,” by Geoffrey Stone, The Washington Post, March 23, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today is another minisode and this time we are getting super dark and talking about Madame Restell, a historical abortionist who was considered the wickedest woman in New York. Fair dues warning that we are talking about a sensitive subject so please be mindful while listening! I don't get too graphic and I keep it as an overview so more people can know the basics. For more in depth, please check out the resources below, especially the last two links which are amazing books about Madame Restell. And as always, please rate and review on your media platform of choice and if you'd like to support check out our buy me a coffee page! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/litstorypodResources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/madame-restell-the-abortionist-of-fifth-avenue-145109198/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1941/11/15/the-notorious-madam-restellhttps://wams.nyhistory.org/expansions-and-inequalities/politics-and-society/madame-restell/https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2022/06/notorious-madame-restell-abortionist-fifth-avenue.htmlhttps://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/jennifer-wright/madame-restell/9780306826825/https://thenewpress.com/books/trials-of-madame-restell Help us bring you more history with better quality by subscribing at https://plus.acast.com/s/what-do-you-know-about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the 19th century, one businesswoman shocked, horrified and fascinated New York society more than any other. Madame Restell was a celebrity and self-made millionaire known for her diamonds and love of oyster breakfasts. How did she make this fortune? By selling birth control pills and abortions from her Fifth Avenue Brownstone boarding house. Jennifer Wright tells Ellie Cawthorne about what Restell's story can reveal about attitudes towards abortion, motherhood and the role of women in American society at the time. (Ad) Jennifer Wright is the author of Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist (Hachette, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMadame-Restell-Resurrection-Fabulous-Abortionist%2Fdp%2F0306826798 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Abortion is an issue like no other. Our attitudes towards it and how we define when life begins determine the very words we use when discussing abortion. We don't even agree about how many people are involved in the matter of abortion. Two people—the mother and the baby? Or only one—the mother? And here, even the word “mother” is avoided by many, who prefer “woman.” Or, in some quarters, “pregnant person.” Is it a “baby” or a “fetus?” Has abortion always had the tacit approval of most Americans and only been criminalized by powerful societal forces (which can change sides dramatically over the decades, as is the case with much of the medical establishment)? Or is it something that has been regarded as abhorrent for centuries and only very recently been treated as not only necessary but a badge of pride for the modern woman? How was abortion portrayed in the pages of American publications c. 1830, 1870, 1920 or 1940 and in the media diet of our own day? These are among the many issues discussed in the 2023 book, The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022 (Crossway, 2023) by Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas. This book is riveting reading but is not for the fainthearted—much of the material is graphic. It will interest those in such fields as legal history, women's history, the history of journalism, the history of medicine, political history and history in general and readers with an interest in biography and true crime. The latter term is not inappropriate here given the book's fascinating account of how many news stories in much of the 19th and early and mid-20th centuries reveled in lurid details of attractive young women murdered after botched abortions or accidentally killed during one and then dismembered and discovered later due to the ineptitude of the abortionist and the men who had impregnated the women and who feared scandal or marriage to the women they had seduced. The authors also provide detailed accounts of the enormous amounts of money that some female abortionists (such as the notorious Madame Restell 1812 –1878) made and the flashy lifestyles and prison sentences that punctuated their lives. The authors show that male jurors were often reluctant to convict abortionists given many a juror's own complicity in such events and the immense political power that the abortion trade wielded via graft. The book tells heartrending stories of women who underwent abortions and traces how the popular press moved over the decades from referring to two victims in such cases to only the woman to eventually hardly covering at all cases when abortions created female and infant victims (as in the infamous case of the physician Kermit Gosnell), many reporters and editors preferring to stick to the narrative of female empowerment via abortion. No matter where one stands on the issue of abortion, it cannot be denied that this book movingly, authoritatively tells the story of the women whose lives were shaped by it, as the title says, at “the street level.” It is model social history and engrossing reading for the general reader and scholar alike. Let's hear from one of the two authors of the book, Leah Savas. Hope J. Leman is a grants researcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Abortion is an issue like no other. Our attitudes towards it and how we define when life begins determine the very words we use when discussing abortion. We don't even agree about how many people are involved in the matter of abortion. Two people—the mother and the baby? Or only one—the mother? And here, even the word “mother” is avoided by many, who prefer “woman.” Or, in some quarters, “pregnant person.” Is it a “baby” or a “fetus?” Has abortion always had the tacit approval of most Americans and only been criminalized by powerful societal forces (which can change sides dramatically over the decades, as is the case with much of the medical establishment)? Or is it something that has been regarded as abhorrent for centuries and only very recently been treated as not only necessary but a badge of pride for the modern woman? How was abortion portrayed in the pages of American publications c. 1830, 1870, 1920 or 1940 and in the media diet of our own day? These are among the many issues discussed in the 2023 book, The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022 (Crossway, 2023) by Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas. This book is riveting reading but is not for the fainthearted—much of the material is graphic. It will interest those in such fields as legal history, women's history, the history of journalism, the history of medicine, political history and history in general and readers with an interest in biography and true crime. The latter term is not inappropriate here given the book's fascinating account of how many news stories in much of the 19th and early and mid-20th centuries reveled in lurid details of attractive young women murdered after botched abortions or accidentally killed during one and then dismembered and discovered later due to the ineptitude of the abortionist and the men who had impregnated the women and who feared scandal or marriage to the women they had seduced. The authors also provide detailed accounts of the enormous amounts of money that some female abortionists (such as the notorious Madame Restell 1812 –1878) made and the flashy lifestyles and prison sentences that punctuated their lives. The authors show that male jurors were often reluctant to convict abortionists given many a juror's own complicity in such events and the immense political power that the abortion trade wielded via graft. The book tells heartrending stories of women who underwent abortions and traces how the popular press moved over the decades from referring to two victims in such cases to only the woman to eventually hardly covering at all cases when abortions created female and infant victims (as in the infamous case of the physician Kermit Gosnell), many reporters and editors preferring to stick to the narrative of female empowerment via abortion. No matter where one stands on the issue of abortion, it cannot be denied that this book movingly, authoritatively tells the story of the women whose lives were shaped by it, as the title says, at “the street level.” It is model social history and engrossing reading for the general reader and scholar alike. Let's hear from one of the two authors of the book, Leah Savas. Hope J. Leman is a grants researcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
Abortion is an issue like no other. Our attitudes towards it and how we define when life begins determine the very words we use when discussing abortion. We don't even agree about how many people are involved in the matter of abortion. Two people—the mother and the baby? Or only one—the mother? And here, even the word “mother” is avoided by many, who prefer “woman.” Or, in some quarters, “pregnant person.” Is it a “baby” or a “fetus?” Has abortion always had the tacit approval of most Americans and only been criminalized by powerful societal forces (which can change sides dramatically over the decades, as is the case with much of the medical establishment)? Or is it something that has been regarded as abhorrent for centuries and only very recently been treated as not only necessary but a badge of pride for the modern woman? How was abortion portrayed in the pages of American publications c. 1830, 1870, 1920 or 1940 and in the media diet of our own day? These are among the many issues discussed in the 2023 book, The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022 (Crossway, 2023) by Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas. This book is riveting reading but is not for the fainthearted—much of the material is graphic. It will interest those in such fields as legal history, women's history, the history of journalism, the history of medicine, political history and history in general and readers with an interest in biography and true crime. The latter term is not inappropriate here given the book's fascinating account of how many news stories in much of the 19th and early and mid-20th centuries reveled in lurid details of attractive young women murdered after botched abortions or accidentally killed during one and then dismembered and discovered later due to the ineptitude of the abortionist and the men who had impregnated the women and who feared scandal or marriage to the women they had seduced. The authors also provide detailed accounts of the enormous amounts of money that some female abortionists (such as the notorious Madame Restell 1812 –1878) made and the flashy lifestyles and prison sentences that punctuated their lives. The authors show that male jurors were often reluctant to convict abortionists given many a juror's own complicity in such events and the immense political power that the abortion trade wielded via graft. The book tells heartrending stories of women who underwent abortions and traces how the popular press moved over the decades from referring to two victims in such cases to only the woman to eventually hardly covering at all cases when abortions created female and infant victims (as in the infamous case of the physician Kermit Gosnell), many reporters and editors preferring to stick to the narrative of female empowerment via abortion. No matter where one stands on the issue of abortion, it cannot be denied that this book movingly, authoritatively tells the story of the women whose lives were shaped by it, as the title says, at “the street level.” It is model social history and engrossing reading for the general reader and scholar alike. Let's hear from one of the two authors of the book, Leah Savas. Hope J. Leman is a grants researcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine
Abortion is an issue like no other. Our attitudes towards it and how we define when life begins determine the very words we use when discussing abortion. We don't even agree about how many people are involved in the matter of abortion. Two people—the mother and the baby? Or only one—the mother? And here, even the word “mother” is avoided by many, who prefer “woman.” Or, in some quarters, “pregnant person.” Is it a “baby” or a “fetus?” Has abortion always had the tacit approval of most Americans and only been criminalized by powerful societal forces (which can change sides dramatically over the decades, as is the case with much of the medical establishment)? Or is it something that has been regarded as abhorrent for centuries and only very recently been treated as not only necessary but a badge of pride for the modern woman? How was abortion portrayed in the pages of American publications c. 1830, 1870, 1920 or 1940 and in the media diet of our own day? These are among the many issues discussed in the 2023 book, The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022 (Crossway, 2023) by Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas. This book is riveting reading but is not for the fainthearted—much of the material is graphic. It will interest those in such fields as legal history, women's history, the history of journalism, the history of medicine, political history and history in general and readers with an interest in biography and true crime. The latter term is not inappropriate here given the book's fascinating account of how many news stories in much of the 19th and early and mid-20th centuries reveled in lurid details of attractive young women murdered after botched abortions or accidentally killed during one and then dismembered and discovered later due to the ineptitude of the abortionist and the men who had impregnated the women and who feared scandal or marriage to the women they had seduced. The authors also provide detailed accounts of the enormous amounts of money that some female abortionists (such as the notorious Madame Restell 1812 –1878) made and the flashy lifestyles and prison sentences that punctuated their lives. The authors show that male jurors were often reluctant to convict abortionists given many a juror's own complicity in such events and the immense political power that the abortion trade wielded via graft. The book tells heartrending stories of women who underwent abortions and traces how the popular press moved over the decades from referring to two victims in such cases to only the woman to eventually hardly covering at all cases when abortions created female and infant victims (as in the infamous case of the physician Kermit Gosnell), many reporters and editors preferring to stick to the narrative of female empowerment via abortion. No matter where one stands on the issue of abortion, it cannot be denied that this book movingly, authoritatively tells the story of the women whose lives were shaped by it, as the title says, at “the street level.” It is model social history and engrossing reading for the general reader and scholar alike. Let's hear from one of the two authors of the book, Leah Savas. Hope J. Leman is a grants researcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
Abortion is an issue like no other. Our attitudes towards it and how we define when life begins determine the very words we use when discussing abortion. We don't even agree about how many people are involved in the matter of abortion. Two people—the mother and the baby? Or only one—the mother? And here, even the word “mother” is avoided by many, who prefer “woman.” Or, in some quarters, “pregnant person.” Is it a “baby” or a “fetus?” Has abortion always had the tacit approval of most Americans and only been criminalized by powerful societal forces (which can change sides dramatically over the decades, as is the case with much of the medical establishment)? Or is it something that has been regarded as abhorrent for centuries and only very recently been treated as not only necessary but a badge of pride for the modern woman? How was abortion portrayed in the pages of American publications c. 1830, 1870, 1920 or 1940 and in the media diet of our own day? These are among the many issues discussed in the 2023 book, The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022 (Crossway, 2023) by Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas. This book is riveting reading but is not for the fainthearted—much of the material is graphic. It will interest those in such fields as legal history, women's history, the history of journalism, the history of medicine, political history and history in general and readers with an interest in biography and true crime. The latter term is not inappropriate here given the book's fascinating account of how many news stories in much of the 19th and early and mid-20th centuries reveled in lurid details of attractive young women murdered after botched abortions or accidentally killed during one and then dismembered and discovered later due to the ineptitude of the abortionist and the men who had impregnated the women and who feared scandal or marriage to the women they had seduced. The authors also provide detailed accounts of the enormous amounts of money that some female abortionists (such as the notorious Madame Restell 1812 –1878) made and the flashy lifestyles and prison sentences that punctuated their lives. The authors show that male jurors were often reluctant to convict abortionists given many a juror's own complicity in such events and the immense political power that the abortion trade wielded via graft. The book tells heartrending stories of women who underwent abortions and traces how the popular press moved over the decades from referring to two victims in such cases to only the woman to eventually hardly covering at all cases when abortions created female and infant victims (as in the infamous case of the physician Kermit Gosnell), many reporters and editors preferring to stick to the narrative of female empowerment via abortion. No matter where one stands on the issue of abortion, it cannot be denied that this book movingly, authoritatively tells the story of the women whose lives were shaped by it, as the title says, at “the street level.” It is model social history and engrossing reading for the general reader and scholar alike. Let's hear from one of the two authors of the book, Leah Savas. Hope J. Leman is a grants researcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Abortion is an issue like no other. Our attitudes towards it and how we define when life begins determine the very words we use when discussing abortion. We don't even agree about how many people are involved in the matter of abortion. Two people—the mother and the baby? Or only one—the mother? And here, even the word “mother” is avoided by many, who prefer “woman.” Or, in some quarters, “pregnant person.” Is it a “baby” or a “fetus?” Has abortion always had the tacit approval of most Americans and only been criminalized by powerful societal forces (which can change sides dramatically over the decades, as is the case with much of the medical establishment)? Or is it something that has been regarded as abhorrent for centuries and only very recently been treated as not only necessary but a badge of pride for the modern woman? How was abortion portrayed in the pages of American publications c. 1830, 1870, 1920 or 1940 and in the media diet of our own day? These are among the many issues discussed in the 2023 book, The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022 (Crossway, 2023) by Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas. This book is riveting reading but is not for the fainthearted—much of the material is graphic. It will interest those in such fields as legal history, women's history, the history of journalism, the history of medicine, political history and history in general and readers with an interest in biography and true crime. The latter term is not inappropriate here given the book's fascinating account of how many news stories in much of the 19th and early and mid-20th centuries reveled in lurid details of attractive young women murdered after botched abortions or accidentally killed during one and then dismembered and discovered later due to the ineptitude of the abortionist and the men who had impregnated the women and who feared scandal or marriage to the women they had seduced. The authors also provide detailed accounts of the enormous amounts of money that some female abortionists (such as the notorious Madame Restell 1812 –1878) made and the flashy lifestyles and prison sentences that punctuated their lives. The authors show that male jurors were often reluctant to convict abortionists given many a juror's own complicity in such events and the immense political power that the abortion trade wielded via graft. The book tells heartrending stories of women who underwent abortions and traces how the popular press moved over the decades from referring to two victims in such cases to only the woman to eventually hardly covering at all cases when abortions created female and infant victims (as in the infamous case of the physician Kermit Gosnell), many reporters and editors preferring to stick to the narrative of female empowerment via abortion. No matter where one stands on the issue of abortion, it cannot be denied that this book movingly, authoritatively tells the story of the women whose lives were shaped by it, as the title says, at “the street level.” It is model social history and engrossing reading for the general reader and scholar alike. Let's hear from one of the two authors of the book, Leah Savas. Hope J. Leman is a grants researcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics
Abortion is an issue like no other. Our attitudes towards it and how we define when life begins determine the very words we use when discussing abortion. We don't even agree about how many people are involved in the matter of abortion. Two people—the mother and the baby? Or only one—the mother? And here, even the word “mother” is avoided by many, who prefer “woman.” Or, in some quarters, “pregnant person.” Is it a “baby” or a “fetus?” Has abortion always had the tacit approval of most Americans and only been criminalized by powerful societal forces (which can change sides dramatically over the decades, as is the case with much of the medical establishment)? Or is it something that has been regarded as abhorrent for centuries and only very recently been treated as not only necessary but a badge of pride for the modern woman? How was abortion portrayed in the pages of American publications c. 1830, 1870, 1920 or 1940 and in the media diet of our own day? These are among the many issues discussed in the 2023 book, The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022 (Crossway, 2023) by Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas. This book is riveting reading but is not for the fainthearted—much of the material is graphic. It will interest those in such fields as legal history, women's history, the history of journalism, the history of medicine, political history and history in general and readers with an interest in biography and true crime. The latter term is not inappropriate here given the book's fascinating account of how many news stories in much of the 19th and early and mid-20th centuries reveled in lurid details of attractive young women murdered after botched abortions or accidentally killed during one and then dismembered and discovered later due to the ineptitude of the abortionist and the men who had impregnated the women and who feared scandal or marriage to the women they had seduced. The authors also provide detailed accounts of the enormous amounts of money that some female abortionists (such as the notorious Madame Restell 1812 –1878) made and the flashy lifestyles and prison sentences that punctuated their lives. The authors show that male jurors were often reluctant to convict abortionists given many a juror's own complicity in such events and the immense political power that the abortion trade wielded via graft. The book tells heartrending stories of women who underwent abortions and traces how the popular press moved over the decades from referring to two victims in such cases to only the woman to eventually hardly covering at all cases when abortions created female and infant victims (as in the infamous case of the physician Kermit Gosnell), many reporters and editors preferring to stick to the narrative of female empowerment via abortion. No matter where one stands on the issue of abortion, it cannot be denied that this book movingly, authoritatively tells the story of the women whose lives were shaped by it, as the title says, at “the street level.” It is model social history and engrossing reading for the general reader and scholar alike. Let's hear from one of the two authors of the book, Leah Savas. Hope J. Leman is a grants researcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law
Was Ann Lohman, known as Madame Restell, the wickedest woman in New York? Join us as we discuss 19th Century reproductive health with poet Abby Minor.
Aby opowiedzieć o sprawie Roe v. Wade nie sposób nie zacząć od Madame Restell i wszystkiego, co działo się wokół aborcji w Stanach przed 1972. Roe v. Wade cz. 1.
In the 19th Century, the Elysian Fields in New Jersey, lay just a short boat trip away for New Yorkers looking to spread their legs, take in some rural, countryside air or relax on the lawn of a riverside refreshment house with a glass of lemonade. Mostly famous for being the birthplace of modern baseball, the fields have another, somewhat less well-known story connected to their dense thickets and green walkways. Far from the straightforward drubbing of that first game of baseball, this story is, of course far darker, full of more twists and turns and has no winners. Hailed as one of the greatest criminal mysteries of 19th Century New York, the case of Mary Rogers is at once perfectly well solved and at the same time, completely wide open. SOURCES Stashower, Daniel (2006) The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allen Poe & The Invention of Murder. Berkley Publishing Group, NY, USA Bowery News Office (1841) Trial of Madame Restell, alias Ann Lohman, for abortion and causing the death of Mrs. Purdy : being a full account of all the proceedings on the trial, together with the suppressed evidence and editorial remarks. Bowery News Office, NY, USA. Poe, Edgar Allen (2014) The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe. Race Point Publishing, NY, USA Abbot, Karen (2012) Madame Restell: The Abortionist of Fifth Avenue. Smithsonian Magazine [online] Smithsonian Magazine. Available at: [Accessed 6 May 2022]. The Buffalo Daily Republic (1851) Riot In Hoboken. The Buffalo Daily Republic, Thursday 29 May, 1851, p.2. NY, USA. New York Daily Herald (1838) Beautiful Girls Serving In Stores. New York Daily Herald, Monday 8 October, 1838, p.2. NY, USA. The Evening Post (1841) The Mysterious Death of Miss Rogers. The Evening Post, Monday 16 August, 1841, p.2. NY, USA. The Evening Post (1841) Murder of Miss Rogers. The Evening Post, Saturday 21 August, 1841, p.2. NY, USA. The New York Tribune (1842) The Mary Rogers Mystery Explained. 18 November, 1942. P.2. NY, USA ---------- For almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories The Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories Dark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9 Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com or via voicemail on: (415) 286-5072 or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf The Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.
Hillary and Tina cover Roe vs. Wade and the history of abortion in America. Hillary's Story Throughout the early history of America, abortion was permitted. BUT when women began to seek more rights, more restriction on abortion gets enacted. Tina's Story Roe vs. Wade made a woman's right to choose a private issue and ensured safe access to abortion. BUT despite that republican law makers have fought to restrict abortion access in America. Hillary's Sources AJPH Population Group Abortion Rates and Lifetime Incidence of Abortion: United States, 2008–2014 (https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304042)--by Rachel K. Jones PhD, and Jenna Jerman MPH The Atlantic My Abortion Before Roe v. Wade (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/before-roe-v-wade/607609/)--by Elizabeth Stone Bustle Getting An Abortion In The '60s Was Way Different Than It Is Today (https://www.bustle.com/p/what-getting-abortion-was-like-in-the-60s-70s-80s-compared-to-now-7977732)--by Amanda Chatel The Daily Beast Here's What Life Was Like for American Women in America Before ‘Roe v. Wade' (https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-what-life-was-like-for-american-women-in-america-before-roe-v-wade)--by Geoffrey R. Stone Fast Company Which states will ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned? These maps will tell you- (https://www.fastcompany.com/90748537/which-states-will-ban-abortion-if-roe-v-wade-is-overturned-these-maps-will-tell-you)-by Christopher Zara History Roe v. Wade (https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/roe-v-wade) The New York Times Before Roe (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/21/opinion/roe-v-wade-abortion-history.html)--by Illan Panich-Linsman and Lauren Kelley Pew Research Center About six-in-ten Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases (https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/05/06/about-six-in-ten-americans-say-abortion-should-be-legal-in-all-or-most-cases/)--by Hannah Hartig Planned Parenthood I Had an Illegal Abortion Before Roe v. Wade (https://www.plannedparenthood.org/blog/i-had-an-illegal-abortion-before-roe-v-wade)--by Phyllis (guest blogger) Slate Caught in the Net (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/enforcement-of-abortion-laws-before-roe-v-wade.html)--by Leslie J. Reagan Vice I Got an Illegal Abortion Before Roe v. Wade--by Carter Sherman (https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgewz/illegal-abortion-roe-v-wade-michigan) Wikipedia Unsafe abortion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_abortion) Photos National Police Gazette Cover with Madame Restell (https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*sGKVvhLCeE7Da_LV3LrT5Q.jpeg)--from Wikimedia via Timeline Majority of Americans Approve of Legal Abortion Chart (https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/?attachment_id=37518)--via Pew Research Center Gloria Allred and Norma McCorvey (https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/newscms/2018_23/1907051/170218-allred-mccorvey-supreme-court-cb-1619.jpg)--by Greg Gibson/AFP via NBC News Tina's Sources Alabama Author of Alabama abortion ban says state might add exceptions as it grapples with possible Roe ruling (https://www.al.com/news/2022/05/author-of-alabama-abortion-ban-says-state-might-add-exceptions-as-it-grapples-with-possible-roe-ruling.html)--by Sarah Whites-Koditschek Rep. Terri Collins: Banker turned pro-life crusader (https://www.al.com/politics/2019/11/rep-terri-collins-banker-turned-pro-life-crusader.html)--by Abbey Crain CNN 13 states have passed so-called 'trigger laws,' bans designed to go into effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned (https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/us/state-abortion-trigger-laws-roe-v-wade-overturned/index.html)--by Elizabeth Wolfe The Guardian A Republican theme on abortions: 'It's OK for me, evil for thee' (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/25/a-republican-theme-on-abortions-its-ok-for-me-evil-for-thee)--by Arwa Mahdawi Death sentence for abortion? The hypocrisy of US 'pro-lifers' is plain to see (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/11/death-sentence-abortion-hypocrisy-pro-life)--by Jill Filipovic Guttmacher Institute For the First Time Ever, U.S. States Enacted More Than 100 Abortion Restrictions in a Single Year (https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2021/10/first-time-ever-us-states-enacted-more-100-abortion-restrictions-single-year)--by Elizabeth Nash The Independent 'Death sentence for women': Alabama proposes law to make abortion punishable by up to 99 years in prison (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alabama-abortion-crime-pregnancy-trump-administration-us-a8854716.html)--by Maya Oppenheim Ms. Magazine Hana's Story: Tricked and Traumatized by a Fake Abortion Clinic (https://msmagazine.com/2022/05/04/fake-abortion-clinics-crisis-pregnancy-center-cheap-abortion/)--by CARRIE N. BAKER Warning Communities About Fake Clinics, One Sidewalk at a Time (https://msmagazine.com/2018/08/23/warning-communities-fake-clinics-one-sidewalk-time/)--by CARMIYA BASKIN Naral The Hypocrisy of the “Pro-Life” Movement (https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/campaign/the-hypocrisy-of-the-pro-life-movement/) NBC News The biggest health risks women would face if Roe v. Wade is overturned (https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/health-risks-overturning-roe-v-wade-abortion-rcna27109)--by Aria Bendix and Dana Varinsky The New Yorker Of Course the Constitution Has Nothing to Say About Abortion (https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-there-are-no-women-in-the-constitution) The New York Times Here are key passages from the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion. (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/us/supreme-court-abortion-opinion-draft.html)--by Mary Cramer Where Abortion Could Be Banned Without Roe v. Wade (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/abortion-bans-restrictons-roe-v-wade.html)--by Allison McCann and Taylor Johnson NPR-WLRN Judging Samuel Alito on Abortion Rights (https://www.npr.org/2006/01/24/5081976/judging-samuel-alito-on-abortion-rights)--by Diane Geng PBS News Black and Hispanic people have the most to lose if Roe is overturned (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/black-and-hispanic-people-have-the-most-to-lose-if-roe-is-overturned)--by Emily Wagster-Pettus and Leah Willingham The Philadelphia Inquirer Who is Justice Alito? The New Jersey-bred Supreme Court jurist may shape abortion rights (https://www.inquirer.com/news/supreme-court-justice-alito-abortion-rights-dobbs-jackson-20220503.html)--by Samantha Melamed Planned Parenthood Background on Title X Gag Rule (https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/08/1a/081a25a9-85b3-44d3-9c47-d6230d6622ea/background_on_the_title_x_gag_rule_1.pdf) Timeline of Attacks on Abortion: 2009–2021 (https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion/abortion-central-history-reproductive-health-care-america/timeline-attacks-abortion) Politico Inside Tim Murphy's reign of terror (https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/05/tim-murphy-abortion-scandal-office-staffers-243521)--by Rachel Bade, Jake Sherman, and John Bresnahan Read Justice Alito's initial draft abortion opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade (https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/read-justice-alito-initial-abortion-opinion-overturn-roe-v-wade-pdf-00029504) ProPublica Draft Overturning Roe v. Wade Quotes Infamous Witch Trial Judge With Long-Discredited Ideas on Rape (https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-roe-wade-alito-scotus-hale)--by Ken Armstrong Texas Tribune This Republican Texas lawmaker halted a bill to outlaw abortion. He now faces security concerns, sheriff says. (https://www.texastribune.org/2019/04/11/texas-lawmaker-abortion-bill-leach-tinderholt-safety-concern/)--by Elizabeth Byrne US News 'Pro-Life' Congressman Who Urged Abortions for Ex-Wife and Mistress Is Running Again (https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/07/24/desjarlais-pro-life-congressman-who-urged-abortions-for-ex-wife-and-mistress-is-running-again)--by Steven Nelson The Young Turks He Supports the Death Penalty for Abortion; Big Companies Are Backing Him (https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/5RidycxYtnv7Vuz9uIws6T)--by Andy Hirschfeld Photos: Judge Samuel Alito (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Samuel_Alito_official_photo.jpg/1024px-Samuel_Alito_official_photo.jpg)--by Steve Petteway via Public Domain First Draft of Alito Abortion Opinion (https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/36595be/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1160x773+0+0/resize/1260x840!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F44%2F95%2F66dbe1314dcd9e9a98f854a35239%2Fscreenshot-2022-05-03-123921.jpg)--via Politico Map of Where Abortion Would be Protected (https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/AbortionProtectionByState_v02_sd_1651668583886_hpEmbed_1x1_992.jpg)--from Center for Reproductive Rights via ABC News
Winston and I were joined by Lindsay and Madi from the Ye Olde Crime podcast to cover our 1st historical crime: the most hated woman in America at the time, Madame Restell. Promo: Perhaps It's You PATREON INSTAGRAM: @truecrimecatlawyer TWITTER: @truecrimecatlaw WEBSITE FACEBOOK MERCH STORE https://linktr.ee/truecrimecatlawyer (https://linktr.ee/truecrimecatlawyer) -- Sources: http://www.elizabethkmahon.com/2008/04/wickedest-woman-in-new-york-madame.html (http://www.elizabethkmahon.com/2008/04/wickedest-woman-in-new-york-madame.html) https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sat2601 (https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sat2601) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1941/11/15/the-notorious-madam-restell (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1941/11/15/the-notorious-madam-restell) https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ann-trow-madame-restell-1812-1878 (https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ann-trow-madame-restell-1812-1878) https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/632682/madame-restell-wickedest-woman-new-york (https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/632682/madame-restell-wickedest-woman-new-york) https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2016/08/notorious-madame-restell-abortionist-fifth-avenue.html (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2016/08/notorious-madame-restell-abortionist-fifth-avenue.html) https://muvs.org/media/pdf/advertising-abortion-during-the-1830s-and-1840s-madame-restell-builds-a-business.pdf (https://muvs.org/media/pdf/advertising-abortion-during-the-1830s-and-1840s-madame-restell-builds-a-business.pdf) https://www.britannica.com/biography/Madame-Restell (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Madame-Restell) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Restell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Restell) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/madame-restell-the-abortionist-of-fifth-avenue-145109198/ (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/madame-restell-the-abortionist-of-fifth-avenue-145109198/) https://www.elle.com/life-love/a14570/abortion-in-the-19th-century/ (https://www.elle.com/life-love/a14570/abortion-in-the-19th-century/) https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1038/comstock-act-of-1873#:~:text=%2C%20public%20domain (https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1038/comstock-act-of-1873#:~:text=%2C%20public%20domain) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_laws (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_laws) https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/trial-madame-restell-ann-lohman-abortion-1841 (https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/trial-madame-restell-ann-lohman-abortion-1841) https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/comstock-law-1873 (https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/comstock-law-1873)
Lindsay and Madison are joined by Elyse from True Crime Cat Lawyer to discuss Madame Restell, as well as how abortions and birth control were legal once upon a time, that calling yourself a doctor doesn't make you one, and how quickly men and the church decided they knew more about women's bodies than women. Information pulled from the following sources: 2020 Mental Floss article by Simone Scully 2017 The Embryo Project Encyclopedia article by Rainey Horwitz 2016 Timeline article by Nina Renata Aron 2012 New York magazine article 2012 Smithsonian magazine article by Karen Abbott Feminists for Life of America article by Jen Hawkins Notable American Women by Seymour J. Mandelbaum Origins Ohio State University article by Anna M. Peterson Big, big thank you to Elyse for allowing us to do this partnership episode with her. Be sure to check her and Winston out over at True Crime Cat Lawyer podcast. Price drop! Get the biggest deals on Instacart before they're gone. Individual discounts may vary. While supplies last. Terms apply. Become a member on Buy Me A Coffee for as little as $1/month to support the show. You can write to us at: Ye Olde Crime Podcast, PO Box 341, Wyoming, MN 55092. Join the conversation over at the Cultiv8 Discord and join the Olde Crimers Cubby to chat with us and other listeners of the show. Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Spotify, Podcast Addict, Audible, or Goodpods! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Była self made woman, ucieleśnieniem Amerykańskiego Marzenia: ledwo piśmienną imigrantką, która pracą własnych rąk dorobiła się fortuny. Gazety nazwały ją Najbardziej Niegodziwą Kobietą w Nowym Jorku, a jej dom - rezydencja w Piątej Alei, pierwsza kamienica w mieście wyposażona w windę - był wymieniany w przewodnikach. Utworzony od jej nazwiska termin - restellizm - stał się synonimem aborcji. W dzisiejszym odcinku podcastu Herstorie Wysokich Obcasów Katarzyna Wężyk i Natalia Waloch opowiadają o osławionej aborcjonistce Madame Restell, a także o tym, jak półtora wieku temu wyglądało przerywanie ciąży.
The recent ban on abortions falling outside of the 6 week period in Texas has been incredibly disappointing. Unfortunately this isn't the first time in history that women and people with uteruses have been denied access to safe abortions. We believe it is important to revisit the cases of people who have fought hard for the right to have control over our own bodies. Nathalie discusses the case of 19th century abortionist, Ann Trow Lohman. Ann provided women with contraception and if a woman had an unwanted pregnancy, she provided abortions. She even offered them at reduced cost for those who needed it. Ann also opened a boarding house where women with unwanted pregnancies could give birth in private and helped connect them with a family to adopt the child. She continued to do everything to provide her services even when she found herself in legal trouble…listen now for more details! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/madame-restell-the-abortionist-of-fifth-avenue-145109198/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Restell https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/632682/madame-restell-wickedest-woman-new-york https://www.npr.org/2018/01/19/578620266/before-roe-v-wade-the-women-of-jane-provided-abortions-for-the-women-of-chicago
In colonial America, early-term abortion was a way of life for many women. But by 1900, it had become criminalized across the country -- but not for reasons you'd expect. In this two-part cultural and legal history of abortion, Cristen and Caroline time travel from ancient Greek herbal remedies to induce miscarriage to 19th-century abortionist Madame Restell at the center of America's first major abortion debate in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
I'm bringing one of my bonus episodes out of the Patreon vault and sharing it with everyone! Back by popular demand, this bonus gives a more in-depth glimpse into sex in 19th-century: specifically the fascinating lives and times of two very prominent madames. One was Washington's most renowned brothel owner, who opened up a gilded bawdy house just a stone's throw from the Capitol building. The other made quite a scandalous splash as the East Coast's most infamous lady doctor/abortionist. Let's talk about sex, scandal, contraception and abortion - about the lives of women of the evening, and the lengths 19th century women went to in order to find a little help in the realm of family planning. If you like this episode, go to www.patreon.com/theexploresspodcast, become a patron, and dive right into 2+ hours of bonus content (and counting). I'd love to see you there!
EPISODE 244: At the heart of New York’s Gilded Age – the late 19th century era of unprecedented American wealth and excess – were families with the names Vanderbilt, Belmont and Astor, alongside power players like A.T. Stewart, Jay Gould and William ‘Boss’ Tweed. They would all make their homes – and in the case of the Vanderbilts, their great many homes – on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. The image of Fifth Avenue as a luxury retail destination today grew from the street’s aristocratic reputation in the 1800s. The rich were inextricably drawn to the avenue as early as the 1830s when rich merchants, anxious to be near the exquisite row houses of Washington Square Park, began turning it into an artery of expensive abodes. In this podcast -- the first of two parts -- Tom and Greg present a world that’s somewhat hard to imagine – free-standing mansions in an exclusive corridor running right through the center of Manhattan. Why was Fifth Avenue fated to become the domain of the so-called ‘Upper Ten’? What were the rituals of daily life along such an unusual avenue? And what did these Beaux Arts palaces say about their ritzy occupants? CO-STARRING: Mark Twain, Madame Restell, George Opdyke and “the Marrying Wilsons” boweryboyshistory.com Support the show.
This episode is a continuation from episode 13's discussion on women's reproductive rights in the South. April Green, co-founder of the Magnolia Fund, talks about the non profit's mission of facilitating abortion access for women living in rural Northeast Georgia. We discuss a variety of topics including: how the non profit raises funds, types of barriers women seeking an abortion face, who seeks abortions, the Hyde Amendment and the reasons access is limited in the South. Our Who's that lady (from history)? is Madame Restell, who was once called "The Wickedest Woman in New York".
In colonial America, early-term abortion was a way of life for many women. But by 1900, it had become criminalized across the country -- but not for reasons you'd expect. In this two-part cultural and legal history of abortion, Cristen and Caroline time travel from ancient Greek herbal remedies to induce miscarriage to 19th-century abortionist Madame Restell at the center of America's first major abortion debate. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Ann Lohman, aka Madame Restell, was one of the most vilified women of the 19th century, an abortion practitioner that dodged the law to become one of the wealthiest self-made women in the Gilded Age. But is her reputation justified? Thoughts on abortion and birth control were quite different in the 1830s, the era in which Madame Restell got her start. It was society and marital morality -- not science and religion -- that played a substantial role in New Yorkers' views on the termination of pregnancy. Restell and countless imitators offers a wide range of potions, pills and powders to customers, provided in veiled wording in newspaper advertisements. By the 1860s Restell was insulated from serious interrogation and flaunted her unique position in society by planting her Fifth Avenue mansion in a very controversial place. But she soon became a target of New York's most dogged reformer, a man who considered her pure evil and the source of society's most illicit sins. www.boweryboyshistory.com Support the show.
The most desirable woman in downtown Manhattan -- the 'beautiful cigar girl' Mary Rogers -- is found horribly murdered along the Hoboken shore. Hear some of the stories of the murder's prime suspects and marvel at the excessive attentions of the penny press. Also: the deductive Edgar Allen Poe writes one of the first detective stories, and the notorious Madame Restell, who has a surprising connection to the murder. Special illustrated edition 2013 Originally released October 2008
The most desirable woman in downtown Manhattan -- the 'beautiful cigar girl' Mary Rogers -- is found horribly murdered along the Hoboken shore. Hear some of the stories of the murder's prime suspects and marvel at the excessive attentions of the penny press. Also: the deductive Edgar Allen Poe writes one of the first detective stories, and the notorious Madame Restell, who has a surprising connection to the murder. www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show.