Hear more about the fascinating Madame Restell from author Jennifer Wright on Monday, 5/8, 6PM at Town Hall! Jennifer Wright joins us in conversation with Amelia Bonow (Co-presented by Shout Your Abortion) Get tickets at thsea.org. nytimes.com/2023/02/28/boo…

“You cannot stop abortion; it is a fact of life in any historical period.” - Writer Jennifer Wright on Talk Nerdy Podcast 🎙🎧. 📔: "Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York’s Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist." 🎧: patreon.com/posts/82315598

On Monday, 5/8 at 6pm we're partnering with Town Hall Seattle to present Jennifer Wright who will be discussing her book MADAME RESTELL with Amelia Bonow Hachette Books Tickets available here👇 thirdplacebooks.com/event/jennifer…

Tonight! #Seattle

I'm writing another book! After years of writing about plagues (pre-COVID) and abortion (pre-Dobbs) I'm happy to announce this one is about really fun parties and Mamie Fish, the woman who threw them.

“But in much of America, the land of the free, you can be forced to give birth.” Jennifer Wright’s book Madame Restell was a masterpiece. It’s so important for Americans to learn that abortion has ALWAYS existed in America, despite what forced birth advocates claim. 👏

Some *very* exciting news to share... Jennifer Wright's MADAME RESTELL was selected as one of Amazon's "Best Books of the Year So Far" in History AND Biographies/Memoirs, and I just couldn't be prouder. CONGRATS JEN!!!!!!!!

My favorite things about Madame Restell, an abortionist in early 1800's New York, her husband had his own store front that sold the same abortion pills and was never bothered by law, maintaining her cash flow while she was in jail, and she disowned her daughter for marrying a cop

Netflix’s ‘Persuasion’ Writer to Adapt Biography of Victorian Abortionist Madame Restell for Just John Films (EXCLUSIVE) wp.me/pc8uak-1lE4CF

Very proud of Jennifer Wright today but that’s not unusual. VIA Variety: Netflix’s ‘Persuasion’ Writer to Adapt Biography of Victorian Abortionist Madame Restell for Just John Films (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2024/tv/global…

The paperback of #MadameRestell is out! You can buy it. Or, if Trump wins again, you can live it. I am posing looking sad about this to make it clear I think that would be BAD. Find it here or from your favorite local bookstore: a.co/d/aalEoMT

On this episode of Podcast Like It’s Double Features, historian/author @jenashleywright joins Phillip Iscove to compare/contrast The Handmaid’s Tale + Civil War. We talk about  the scary world we live in, and dystopian america on screen and off. patreon.com/podcastlikeits

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"439 - Snap Of A Bat” On today’s episode, Karen and Georgia cover 19th-century abortionist Madame Restell. myfavoritemurder.com/episodes/439-s… 1. 1870s sketch of Madame Restell 2. One of Madame Restell's ads in the New York Times (1865) 3. Planned Parenthood

they had abortion 150 years ago. 250 years ago. 1000 years ago. soranus of ephesus recommended silphium as an abortifacient nearly 2000 years ago. they knew

Just listened to an interesting My Favorite Murder episode on Madame Restell & comstock act. Definitely not new info! Ep. 439