{"product_id":"the-trials-of-madame-restell-nicholas-l-syrett-9781620977453","title":"The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas L. Syrett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620977451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620977453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/12\/2023","brand":"Nicholas L. Syrett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080085696767,"sku":"9781620977453","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c9c189b-50e4-475f-93e7-63b9eef03c29.jpg?v=1685484864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-trials-of-madame-restell-nicholas-l-syrett-9781620977453","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}