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Madame Restell is a prominent character in Marge Piercy's historical novel Sex Wars, which depicts the social and political climate surrounding women's sexual, physical, and reproductive activities during the Gilded Age.
La tumba de Madame Restell en el Cementerio de Sleepy Hollow. Ann Trow Lohman (6 de mayo de 1812 – 1 de abril de 1878), más conocida como Madame Restell, fue una conocida abortista del siglo XIX que practicó en la ciudad de Nueva York.
Learn about the life and career of Ann Lohman, alias Madame Restell, who ran a lucrative business of selling abortifacients and performing abortions in 19th-century New York. Discover how she evaded the law, faced public outrage and became a symbol of women's reproductive rights.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Madame Restell (born 1812, Painswick, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died April 1, 1878, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an infamous British-born abortionist and purveyor of contraceptives. Ann Trow was born into a poor family.
17 de ene. de 2024 · “ The Trials of Madame Restell ,” a new book by Nicholas L. Syrett, a gender historian at the University of Kansas, traces Restell’s nearly forty-year career as an abortion provider in...
28 de feb. de 2023 · Jennifer Wright opens her painfully timely biography of Madame Restell, the notorious “abortionist of Fifth Avenue,” with her final arrest, in 1878, at the hands of the anti-vice crusader ...
Learn about Ann Trow Lohman, who became famous as Madame Restell, the most notorious abortionist in New York history. Explore how she started her business, faced legal challenges, and influenced the debate over women's reproductive rights.
