1870s sketch of Madame Restell

One of Madame Restell's ads in the New York Times (1865)

Karen:

19th-century abortionist Madame Restell

Episode sources:

1. “Meet the Queen Bee of Victorian Abortionists” by Joanna Scutts (New York Times) 2023

2. “Madame Restell: The Abortionist of Fifth Avenue” by Karen Abbott (Smithsonian Magazine) 2012

3. “Life Story: Ann Trow Lohman, a.k.a. Madame Restell (1812 - 1878)” (Women & The American Story / NY History.org) 

4. “The Abortion Provider Who Became the Most Hated Woman in New York” by Moira Donegan (New Yorker) 2024

5. “How Notorious Abortionist Madame Restell Built a Drug Empire” by Nandini Subramaniam (Distillations Magazine/Science History Institute) 2024

6. “Celebrating 10 women medical pioneers” by Stacy Weiner (AAMC) 2020

7. “To Bear or Not to Bear: Abortion in Victorian America” by Kristin Mackert (Georgetown University)

8. “Madame Restell: the abortionist who shocked and fascinated 19th-century New York” (History Extra podcast)

9. “What two years without Roe looks like, in 8 charts” by Nicole Narea (Vox) 2024

10. “How Abortion Trigger Laws Impact Mental Health” by Annalies Winny (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) 2024

11. “Abortion Restrictions and the Threat to Women’s Health” by Annalies Winny  (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) 2023

12. “State Bans on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy” (Guttmache Institute) 2024

13. “Abortion is legal and protected in the state of New York” (Letitcia James: New York Attorney General)

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