{"product_id":"9798216277385","title":"Madame Restell Cases The Stories and Abortions of Five Women in Nineteenth-Century New York","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMadame Restell Cases\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Stories and Abortions of Five Women in Nineteenth-Century New York\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSharon DeBartolo Carmack\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Abortion \u0026amp; Birth Control\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMadame Restell was New York City's most notorious abortionist and self-made millionaire in the mid-nineteenth century. \u003ci\u003eThe Madame Restell Cases\u003c\/i\u003e portrays five of her patients' difficult choices when they found themselves pregnant-either unwed or married with too many mouths to feed-and the woman who helped them. This collective biography presents a window into reproductive control in the Victorian era and into the lives of numerous unnamed women who sought to terminate pregnancies because they had no reliable means to prevent them. Madame Restell's patients' stories are part of women's history and the history of abortion in America.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSharon DeBartolo Carmack\u003c\/b\u003e is adjunct faculty of English at Southern New Hampshire University and serves on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eSteinbeck Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Sharon is also a retired Certified Genealogist of thirty-five years. She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing and postgraduate coursework in History, and her literary work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBrevity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCreative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePortland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHippocampus Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSteinbeck Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWilderness Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, to name a few. The author of twenty-seven titles, her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eMadame Restell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e The True Story of New York City's Most Notorious Abortionist, Her Early Life, Family, and Murder\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). She resides in Utah.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 March 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRowman \u0026amp; Littlefield\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216277385\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331934912652,"sku":"9798216277385","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_6fbabce6-aee6-4d7e-ad3e-2f52279a538e.jpg?v=1783600456","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798216277385","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}