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A cemetery with a dusting of snow.

Safer Than Childbirth

Abortion in the 19th century was widely accepted as a means of avoiding the risks of pregnancy.
by Tamara Dean via The American Scholar on March 4, 2022

“Ulysses” on Trial

It was a setup: a stratagem worthy of wily Ulysses himself.
by Michael Chabon via New York Review of Books on September 13, 2019

An Enduring Shame

A new book chronicles the shocking, decades-long effort to combat venereal disease by locking up girls and women.
by Heather Ann Thompson via New York Review of Books on October 7, 2018
Hannah Mayer Stone with Margaret Sanger and other activists.

An Emancipation Proclamation to the Motherhood of America

A profile of Hannah Mayer Stone, one of the key figures in the struggle to make contraception safe, effective, and widely available.
by Jennifer Young via The New Inquiry on November 16, 2017
A depiction of the female reproduction system in an early sex ed film.

Slut-Shaming, Eugenics, and Donald Duck

The scandalous history of sex-ed movies.
by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on December 12, 2014

Banging on the Door: The Election of 1872

In the 1872 election, Victoria Woodhull ran for president of the United States – the first woman in American history to do so.
by Joe Richman, Samara Freemark via Radio Diaries on October 13, 2008

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