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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Madame_RestellMadame Restell - Wikipedia

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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.

2. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › madame-restellMadame Restell: The Abortionist of Fifth Avenue | Smithsonian

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   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.

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4. sciencehistory.org › stories › magazineHow Notorious Abortionist Madame Restell Built a Drug Empire

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   Jan 4, 2024 · Madame Restell had built her empire by addressing problems most doctors would not. It infuriated Comstock, and he was determined to tear that empire down. On the frigid night of January 28, 1878, Comstock set out to finally do it, using a ploy he had turned to often.

5. wams.nyhistory.org › madame-restellLife Story: Ann Trow Lohman, a.k.a. Madame Restell - Women ...

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   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.

6. www.newyorker.com › books › under-reviewThe Abortion Provider Who Became the Most Hated Woman in New ...

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   Jan 17, 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...

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8. www.nytimes.com › 2023/02/28 › booksReview: ‘Madame Restell,’ by Jennifer Wright - The New York Times

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   Feb 28, 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 of...

9. www.amazon.com › Madame-Restell-ResurrectionMadame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New ...

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   Feb 28, 2023 · Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history—Madame Restell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York.

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    Who was Madame Restell?

    • The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime. New York: The New Press. ISBN 1620977451. Wright, Jennifer (2023). Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist.

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    What happened to Madame Restell?

    • Restell lost the case and was charged with a misdemeanor and a one-year prison sentence which was on Blackwell's Island. After Madame Restell finished her sentence, she reworked her business. She removed surgical abortions entirely, and concentrated her efforts on pills and her boarding house.

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    Was Madame Restell a publicity stunt?

    • It was more likely a publicity stunt. Over the course of 40 years Madame Restell had become the face of abortion in the United States and, by extension, women’s interference in the male-dominated medical establishment. Taking her down would have been a blow to midwives, abortionists, mail-order entrepreneurs, and quacks across the nation.

    How Notorious Abortionist Madame Restell Built a Drug Empire

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    Why did Ann Restell get a name?

    • Ann started spreading a story that during her travels she learned the secrets of effective and safe medical abortions from a famous practitioner in Paris. She also adopted the name Madame Restell to sound more sophisticated. On March 18, 1839, the first ad for Madame Restell’s services ran in the New York Sun.

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