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purveyor of patent medicine, midwifery, and abortions. Spouses. Henry Summers (1803-1831) (married 1829) Charles Lohman (1809-1877) (married 1833) Ann Trow Summers Lohman (May 6, 1811 – April 1, 1878), better known as Madame Restell, was a British-born American abortion provider and midwife who practiced in New York City.
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. Read how she evaded the law, faced public outrage and became a symbol of women's reproductive rights.
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 · MADAME RESTELL: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York’s Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist, by Jennifer Wright. Jennifer Wright opens her painfully timely biography...
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.
4 de ene. de 2024 · January 4, 2024 Health & Medicine. How Notorious Abortionist Madame Restell Built a Drug Empire. Desperate women, mistreated by the 19th century’s medical establishment, risked black-market remedies and the wrath of Anthony Comstock’s moralizing thugs. by Nandini Subramaniam.
