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Judith Arcana is an American writer of poems, stories, essays and books. She was a teacher for forty years and her writing has appeared in journals and anthologies since the early 1980s. She has been an activist for reproductive justice since spending two years in the Jane Collective, Chicago's underground abortion service (1970–72). [1]
- 5 February 1943, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- American
- English
- What if your mother
Judith Arcana writes poems, stories, essays and books. Long known for her reproductive justice work as a Jane, Judith is also the biographer of activist and writer Grace Paley. Judith Arcana writes poems, stories, essays and books.
Judith Arcana was born and raised in the Great Lakes region and now lives in the Pacific Northwest. A writer of poems, stories, essays and books, she was a teacher for about forty years, with high school, college, and doctoral students. She supports reproductive justice/abortion a
Judith Arcana is a woman who faced more than 110 years in prison on multiple counts of abortion and conspiracy to commit abortion. She was one of many women who were willing to put their freedom ...
Jane: Documents from Chicago’s clandestine abortion service, 1968-1973; various authors in a zine first published by Firestarter Press in 2004; more recently, the zine has been printed/published by Eberhardt Press/Radix Media. What if your mother, book (poems and monologues) by Judith Arcana; this one came out in a revised edition in early ...
Aug 1, 2022 · More about her writing: Judith Arcana is a writer of poems, stories, essays and books. Praised by writers and readers, reviewers and community leaders, Judith’s work appears in collections and journals, online and on paper. Arcana is a member of Jane, the Chicago underground service before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade in ...
May 27, 2022 · The Janes, out June 8, tells the story of a clandestine group that performed abortions in Chicago before Roe v. Wade. Judith Arcana, who was arrested in 1972, is among the former Janes featured in the film.
