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A celebrity in her day with a flair for high fashion and public, <u class="showmore_hide">petty beefs, Restell was a self-made woman and single mother who used her wit, her compassion, and her knowledge of family medicine to become one of the most in-demand medical workers in New York. Not only that, she used her vast resources to care for the most vulnerable women of the city: unmarried women in need of abortions, birth control, and other medical assistance. In defiance of increasing persecution from powerful men, Restell saved the lives of thousands of young women; in fact, in historian Jennifer Wright's own words, "despite having no formal training and a near-constant steam of women knocking at her door, she never lost a patient." Restell was a revolutionary who opened the door to the future of reproductive choice for women, and Wright brings Restell and her circle to life in this dazzling, sometimes dark, and thoroughly entertaining tale. In addition to uncovering the forgotten history of Restell herself, the book also doubles as an eye-opening look into the "greatest American scam you've never heard about": the campaign to curtail women's power by restricting their access to healthcare. Before the 19th century, abortion and birth control were not only legal in the United States, but fairly common, and public healthcare needs (for women and men alike) were largely handled by midwives and female healers. However, after the Birth of the Clinic, newly-minted male MDs wanted to push women out of their space-by forcing women back into the home and turning medicine into a standardized, male-only practice. At the same time, a group of powerful, secular men-threatened by women's burgeoning independence in other fields-persuaded the Christian leadership to declare abortion a sin, rewriting the meaning of "Christian morality" to protect their own interests. As Wright explains, "their campaign to do so was so insidious-and successful-that it remains largely unrecognized to this day, a century and a half later." By unraveling the misogynistic and misleading lies that put women's health in jeopardy, Wright simultaneously restores Restell to her rightful place in history and obliterates the faulty, fractured reasoning underlying the very foundation of what has since been dubbed the "pro-life" movement. Thought-provoking, character-driven, funny, and feminist as hell, Madame Restell is required reading for anyone and everyone who believes that when it comes to women's rights, women's bodies, and women's history, women should have the last word"--</u><span class="showmore_showlink">… (<a href="#" onclick="showMore('u_3522944a');">more</a>)</span></div class="" ></td></tr></table></div><div id="workpagesort_0" class="quickedit light"><div class="nav"><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'book', 'u_3eee01aa', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Book information</span></div><div class="qelcontent bookinfo" id="u_3eee01aa" style="display:block;position:relative;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="wstable"><tr><td class="label">Member:</td><td class="left"><a href="/profile/GodrictheGreat">GodrictheGreat</a></td></tr><tr><td class="label">Title:</td><td class="left">Madame Restell : the life, death, and resurrection of old New York's most fabulous, fearless, and infamous abortionist</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Authors:</td><td class="left"><a href="/author/wrightjennifer">Jennifer Wright</a></td></tr></tr><tr><td class="label">Info:</td><td class="left">New York, NY : Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group, 2023</td></tr><tr><td class="label">Collections:</td><td class="left"><span id="u_9fe6127b" LT_collectionUI_type="horizontalList" ><a href="/catalog/GodrictheGreat/yourlibrary" target="_top" style="white-space:nowrap;">Your library</a></span></td><tr><tr><td class="label">Rating:</td><td class="left"><span id="rate-u_a6978b52" title="0.0 Stars" aria-title="0.0 Stars" class="rating rating-style-0 " data-fn="ratingWidget_fromSettingsA" ><span class="rw"><input type="hidden" value="0" name="form_rating" id="form_rating"/></span><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/s-g3.gif" alt=" " /><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/s-g3.gif" alt=" " /><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/s-g3.gif" alt=" " /><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/s-g3.gif" alt=" " /><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/s-g3.gif" alt=" " /></span></span></td></tr><td class="label">Tags:</td><td class="left"><a href="/tag/to-read">to-read</a></td></tr></table><div class="bookinformationsubdiv"><div class="workdetails"><h4>Work Information</h4><p>Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York鈥檚 Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist by <a href="/author/wrightjennifer">Jennifer Wright</a></p></div></div><div id="LendingContainer" style="display:none"><h2 style="margin-bottom:5px;">Lending</h2><div id="circ_basic275513124" ></div></div></div><div id="workpagesort_10" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer"><span style="font-size:9px;font-weight:normal;"><a value="all members" value="all members" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn ltbtn-button-float-right btn-tiny btn-default" type="button" role="button" href="/work/28726744/members/275513124" ><span class="btntxt">all members</span></a></span></div><span class="navInfoTitle"><span class="divotBig" onclick="LibraryThing.work.handleSectionHide(this, 'members', 'u_b60fc027', '0');"><span class="chdivot" style="font-size:9px;vertical-align:bottom;">▼</span></span>Members</span><span class="sectionTitleST"></span></div><div class="qelcontent" id="u_b60fc027" style="display:block;"><table class="wstable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td class="label memberlistLabel"><span style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;">Recently added by</span></td><td class="wide memberlistvalue" id="u_c3f39645"><a href="/profile/HenkaSeptember">HenkaSeptember</a>, <a href="/profile/lorgilbert">lorgilbert</a>, <a href="/profile/dreamsindisco">dreamsindisco</a>, <a href="/profile/GodrictheGreat">GodrictheGreat</a>, <a href="/profile/starfishian">starfishian</a>, <a href="/profile/wisemetis">wisemetis</a>, <a href="/profile/totallysighman">totallysighman</a>, <a href="/profile/fji65hj7">fji65hj7</a>, <a href="/profile/rhadei">rhadei</a>, <a href="/profile/greenmoon720">greenmoon720</a></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="workpagesort_20" class="quickedit light flipped"><div class="nav"><div class="sectionhead_rbutcontainer"><button id="u_761cfe35_snb" value="numbers" value="numbers" class="func_lt2_display_ui lt2button btn ltbtn-button-float-right btn-tiny btn-default" type="button" role="button" onclick="tagcloud_showTagNumbers('u_761cfe35'); 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British immigrant to the US, became an abortionist to support herself and her daughter. She saw a need and she filled it. Her skills were keen and her confidence unshakable. She serviced the women from high society who could afford to pay or servants from wealthy homes, often impregnated by their employers. It is a heartbreaking tale of life before contraception, the low status of women within their families and their community regardless of their wealth, and the horrific risks pregnancy posed for many very young women. Jennifer Wright offers a well-researched biography of Madame Restell as she tells the story of that era, occasionally inserting commentary about women鈥檚 reproductive status today. I was not aware of this historic figure and am glad I was introduced. At the core, Madame Restell was an astute business woman who found a way to serve a social justice issue as well. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_258769694" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_258769694"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_258769694" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_258769694" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_258769694"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/beebeereads" target="_top">beebeereads</a> | Mar 12, 2024 | <a href="/review/258769694"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_243250828" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/28726744" data-workid="28726744" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306826798.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306826798.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306826798.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>Reading about abortion providers in the 1800's and specifically Madame Restell's story was interesting. In light of where we are in 2023 regarding women's reproductive health issues it was fascinating to learn about how the public viewed abortion and how women could access it in the 1800's. Parts of the book did drag on ( audio version) perhaps it could have benefited from more editing. Still glad I read it and have a better understanding of the history of abortion and women's health care. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss6.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_243250828" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_243250828"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_243250828" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_243250828" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_243250828"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/carolfoisset" target="_top">carolfoisset</a> | Jun 29, 2023 | <a href="/review/243250828"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_240584656" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/28726744" data-workid="28726744" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306826798.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306826798.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306826798.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>I was pleasantly surprised to discover this life-amd-times of Victorian America's most prominent advocate-practitioner of abortion and contraception existed, though, to my surprise, the bibliography listed several other older ones. The author is definitely not the least bit shy about letting her pro-choice flag fly, and while as far as I'm concerned she's on the side of the angels on that, I eventually tired of being preached to. Aside from the soapboxing, another mixed blessing here is the innumerable tangents. Yes, life-and-times calls for many discursive jaunts into barely related territory, but when Madame Restell takes ship for Blighty, you'll be reading about the state of maritime transport at that time ten minutes later. When she erects an apartment house, get ready for a mini-course in Manhattan real estate. And I wish that I had skipped the gruesome epilogue, wherein she overshares about her own problem pregnancy. Still, this is a worthwhile book; contrary to one of the blurbers, the Madame is not a forgotten figure, at least by me, but I learned a great deal about a period I've studied to death, and Restell, usually treated in accounts of the period as something of an abstraction, came much more alive to me. There are a few lacunae and minor factual errors, and you won't have to look too hard to find typos, but by contemporary publishing standards this is a pretty clean read, and the author's snarky take on the attitudes toward women of the day and SCOTUS' overruling abortion rights are great fun with serious underpinning. <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss7.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_240584656" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_240584656"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_240584656" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_240584656" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_240584656"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/Big_Bang_Gorilla" target="_top">Big_Bang_Gorilla</a> | Jun 1, 2023 | <a href="/review/240584656"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div class="bookReview"><div class="bookReview_content"><div id="brtext_239957033" class="commentText brslop"><div class="brev_cover"><a href="/work/28726744" data-workid="28726744" class="" ><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306826798.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" srcset="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306826798.01._SX200_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 2x, https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0306826798.01._SX300_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg 3x" class="bookReview_cover cover" /></a></div><div class="commentHeader"></div>This was a totally fascinating book -- it made me think about abortion, yes, and some really interesting historical perspectives on that. But it also made me think about attitudes towards media and money and a lot about the different ways that women have been advocating for themselves for generations. Exhaustively researched, well read, really, really interesting. Highly recommend if you want to read about feisty people fighting for women's power. <br><br>Advanced Reader's Copy provided by Libro.fm <span class="rating">( <img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/ss8.gif"> )</span></div><div id="rfd_239957033" class="reviewFlagDialogBox"></div><div class="commentFooter"><span class="reviewMods"><span class="reviewVoteInfo"><span class="reviewVoteCount" id="rvc_239957033"> </span> </span><!-- reviewVoteInfo --><span class="reviewFlags"> <img id="rfi1_239957033" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"> <img id="rfi2_239957033" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/flag-trans.gif"><span id="rfrf_239957033"> </span></span></span> <!-- reviewMods --><span class="controlItems ci3"><a href="/profile/jennybeast" target="_top">jennybeast</a> | May 3, 2023 | <a href="/review/239957033"><img src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/permalink.gif" width="16" height="7"></a></span> <!-- controlItems --></div></div></div><div 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A celebrity in her day with a flair for high fashion and public, petty beefs, Restell was a self-made woman and single mother who used her wit, her compassion, and her knowledge of family medicine to become one of the most in-demand medical workers in New York. Not only that, she used her vast resources to care for the most vulnerable women of the city: unmarried women in need of abortions, birth control, and other medical assistance. In defiance of increasing persecution from powerful men, Restell saved the lives of thousands of young women; in fact, in historian Jennifer Wright's own words, "despite having no formal training and a near-constant steam of women knocking at her door, she never lost a patient." Restell was a revolutionary who opened the door to the future of reproductive choice for women, and Wright brings Restell and her circle to life in this dazzling, sometimes dark, and thoroughly entertaining tale. In addition to uncovering the forgotten history of Restell herself, the book also doubles as an eye-opening look into the "greatest American scam you've never heard about": the campaign to curtail women's power by restricting their access to healthcare. Before the 19th century, abortion and birth control were not only legal in the United States, but fairly common, and public healthcare needs (for women and men alike) were largely handled by midwives and female healers. However, after the Birth of the Clinic, newly-minted male MDs wanted to push women out of their space-by forcing women back into the home and turning medicine into a standardized, male-only practice. At the same time, a group of powerful, secular men-threatened by women's burgeoning independence in other fields-persuaded the Christian leadership to declare abortion a sin, rewriting the meaning of "Christian morality" to protect their own interests. 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