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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Novel
- Signed By
- N/A
- Era
- 2020s
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- N/A
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- Uncorrected Proof
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Edition
- ARC
- ISBN
- 9780306826818
- Book Title
- Madame Restell : The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Law, Health & Fitness, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Medical, History
- Topic
- Women, Women's Health, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, Women's Studies, Pharmacology, Legal History
- Item Weight
- 10.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
030682681X
ISBN-13
9780306826818
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2328294389
Product Key Features
Book Title
Madame Restell : The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
Women, Women's Health, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, Women's Studies, Pharmacology, Legal History
Genre
Law, Health & Fitness, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Medical, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-032437
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"[An] impassioned and irreverent biography... Wright paints a vivid picture of Restell's rise to prominence and weaves in intriguing details about the history of birth control and abortion. This feminist history fascinates."-- Publishers Weekly, **Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in Nonfiction (2023)** ** Smithsonian Magazine , "10 Best History Books of 2023"** **Audible, "12 Best History Listens of 2023" ** **An Amazon EDITOR'S PICK for BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FAR in BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR and HISTORY** **An Amazon EDITOR'S PICK for BEST BOOKS OF THE MONTH (March 2023)** **INDIE NEXT List Pick for March 2023** **A Bookshop.Org EDITOR'S PICK (March 2023)*** Next Idea Book Club, "February Must Reads" and "40 Nonfiction Books to Watch Out For in 2023" Cosmopolitan , "11 Best Books to Put on Your TBR" Amazon, Best Books in History and Nonfiction (March 2023) The Spectator, "Books to Watch Out For in 2023" American Journal of Bioethics , "Recommended Reading", "This captivating portrait of the infamous self-taught surgeon and medical celebrity is also a glance at shifting mid-19th century mores, male power players, and their strategic campaign to curtail female independence and criminalize abortion."-- Globe & Mail, "A searing portrait of an indomitable woman... Wright juxtaposes her subject's story with those of Restell's patients and an overview of the broader conversation surrounding abortion in the late 19th century."-- Smithsonian Magazine
Dewey Decimal
362.198880973
Synopsis
An industrious immigrant who built her business from the ground up, Madame Restell was a self-taught surgeon on the cutting edge of healthcare in pre-Gilded Age New York, and her bustling "boarding house" provided birth control, abortions, and medical assistance to thousands of women-rich and poor alike. As her practice expanded, her notoriety swelled, and Restell established herself as a prime target for tabloids, threats, and lawsuits galore. But far from fading into the background, she defiantly flaunted her wealth. She paraded across the city in designer clothes, expensive jewelry, and bejeweled carriages, rubbing her success in the faces of the many politicians, publishers, fellow physicians, and religious figures determined to bring her down. Unfortunately for Madame Restell, her rise to the top of her field coincided with "the greatest scam you've never heard about"-the campaign to curtail women's power by restricting their access to both healthcare and careers of their own. Powerful, secular men-threatened by women's burgeoning independence-were eager to declare abortion sinful, a position endorsed by newly-minted male MDs who longed to edge out their feminine competition and turn medicine into a standardized, male-only practice. By unraveling the misogynistic and misleading lies that put women's lives in jeopardy, Wright simultaneously restores Restell to her rightful place in history and obliterates the faulty reasoning underlying the very foundation of what has since been dubbed the "pro-life" movement. Thought-provoking, character-driven, boldly written, 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., 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. An industrious immigrant who built her business from the ground up, Madame Restell was a self-taught surgeon on the cutting edge of healthcare in pre-Gilded Age New York, and her bustling "boarding house" provided birth control, abortions, and medical assistance to thousands of women--rich and poor alike. As her practice expanded, her notoriety swelled, and Restell established her-self as a prime target for tabloids, threats, and lawsuits galore. But far from fading into the background, she defiantly flaunted her wealth, parading across the city in designer clothes, expensive jewelry, and bejeweled carriages, rubbing her success in the faces of the many politicians, publishers, fellow physicians, and religious figures determined to bring her down. Unfortunately for Madame Restell, her rise to the top of her field coincided with "the greatest scam you've never heard about"--the campaign to curtail women's power by restricting their access to both healthcare and careers of their own. Powerful, secular men--threatened by women's burgeoning independence--were eager to declare abortion sinful, a position endorsed by newly-minted male MDs who longed to edge out their feminine competition and turn medicine into a standardized, male-only practice. By unraveling the misogynistic and misleading lies that put women's lives in jeopardy, Wright simultaneously restores Restell to her rightful place in history and obliterates the faulty reasoning underlying the very foundation of what has since been dubbed the "pro-life" movement. Thought-provoking, character-driven, boldly written, 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 .
LC Classification Number
RG734.R47W75 2023
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