{"product_id":"the-trials-of-madame-restell-nineteenth-century-americas-most-infamous-female-physician-and-the-campaign-to-make-abortion-a-crime-hardcover","title":"The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas L. Syrett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century--and a story that has unmistakable parallels to the current war on reproductive rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor forty years in the mid-nineteenth century, \"Madame Restell,\" the nom de guerre of the most successful female physician in America, sold birth control medication, attended women during their pregnancies, delivered their children, and performed abortions in a series of clinics run out of her home in New York City. It was the abortions that made her famous. \"Restellism\" became the term her detractors used to indict her.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRestell began practicing when abortion was largely unregulated in most of the United States, including New York. But as a sense of disquiet arose about single women flocking to the city for work, greater sexual freedoms, changing views of the roles of motherhood and childhood, and fewer children being born to white, married, middle-class women, Restell came to stand for everything that threatened the status quo. From 1829 onward, restrictions on abortion began to put Restell in legal jeopardy. For much of this period she prevailed--until she didn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story that is all too relevant to the current attempts to criminalize abortion in our own age, \u003ci\u003eThe Trials of Madame Restell \u003c\/i\u003epaints an unforgettable picture of the changing society of nineteenth-century New York and brings Restell to the attention of a whole new generation of women whose fundamental rights are under siege.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas L. Syrett\u003c\/b\u003e is associate dean and professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Kansas. He is a co-editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Company He Keeps: A History of White College Fraternities, American Child Bride: A History of Minors and Marriage in the United States, An Open Secret: The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime\u003c\/i\u003e (The New Press). His writing has also appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Lawrence, Kansas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.8 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758997799200,"sku":"9781620977453","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/638cf65a9c8ffcc7e74557b0d2212fbb.webp?v=1780140731","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-trials-of-madame-restell-nineteenth-century-americas-most-infamous-female-physician-and-the-campaign-to-make-abortion-a-crime-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}