#MadameRestell
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Madame Restell by Jennifer Wright
The history of old New York’s my fabulous/infamous abortionist. And who I choose to believe faked her own death as her final act.

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August 22, 2026 at 3:52 AM
DYK #Comstock got #MadameRestell, too? She provided #BirthControl & #abortion for 40 years until 1878 & ran ads for both in NYC newspapers. She killed herself when he campaigned against her & women's health services. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
July 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
DYK #MadameRestell provided #BirthControl & #abortion for 40 yrs & ran ads in NYC newspapers until 1878? She killed herself when #AnthonyComstock campaigned against her & her woman's health services. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #AbortionBan #ComstockAct #TrumpChristians #WmnHist
December 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
DYK Caroline Ann Trow, aka #MadameRestell, (d.1878) provided #BirthControl & #abortion in NYC more than 40 yrs? Her first ad ran in the 1839 “New York Sun”:
“TO MARRIED WOMEN.— Is it not but too well known that the families of the married often increase beyond what the happiness
October 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM