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‘Hag of Misery’
The abortionist Madame Restell is central to the story of how American women’s reproductive freedom was dismantled in the second half of the nineteenth century.
by
Susan Faludi
via
New York Review of Books
on
October 12, 2023
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As If I Wasn’t There: Writing from a Child’s Memory
The author confronts the daunting task of writing about her childhood memory, both as a memoirist and a historian.
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Martha Hodes
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American Historical Review
on
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Abortion Is About Freedom, Not Just Privacy
The right to abortion is an affirmation that women and girls have the right to control their own destiny.
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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The New Yorker
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July 6, 2022
The Forgotten Feminists of the Backlash Decade
The activists of the 1990s worked so diligently that they were written out of history.
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Maggie Doherty
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The New Republic
on
September 24, 2020
