Abortion stories: American literature before Roe v. Wade
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Contributors:
Weingarten, Karen, 1980- Editor
Traister, Rebecca writer of foreword.
Sherman, Renee Bracey writer of afterword.
Traister, Rebecca writer of foreword.
Sherman, Renee Bracey writer of afterword.
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Published:
[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, [2025].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xx, 214 pages ; 20 cm.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780143138204, 0143138200, 9780143138204, 0143138200
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"This is the first volume of its kind to bring together a diverse collection of writings on abortion published before 1973, when Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in every American state. These stories, poems, essays, and memoirs reflect a range of representations and responses to abortion during this era, but when read together, they demonstrate how when abortion is illegal, women's lives are always more precarious and limited. In this volume, you will read stories that will elucidate and enrich a view of abortion as one element of human experience--woven into stories of love and death and medicine and motherhood and enslavement and emancipation. Featuring luminaries like Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Edgar Allan Poe, Lucile Clifton, Eugene O' Neill, and Shirley Chisholm, as well as rare firsthand accounts of abortion providers and seekers, this reproductive justice-minded collection brings together diverse representations of abortion to show how access to abortion is often race and class dependent, and demonstrates how the repercussions of an illegal abortion also vary depending on such factors"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Weingarten, K., Traister, R., & Sherman, R. B. (2025). Abortion stories: American literature before Roe v. Wade. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Weingarten, Karen, 1980-, Rebecca Traister and Renee Bracey Sherman. 2025. Abortion Stories: American Literature Before Roe V. Wade. Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Weingarten, Karen, 1980-, Rebecca Traister and Renee Bracey Sherman, Abortion Stories: American Literature Before Roe V. Wade. Penguin Books, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Weingarten, Karen, et al. Abortion Stories: American Literature Before Roe V. Wade. Penguin Books, 2025.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Foreword / Rebecca Traister -- Introduction: A short history of abortion and its representations before Roe / Karen Weingarten -- Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium / Maria Sibylla Merian (1705), translated by Wijnie de Groot for this collection -- "The mystery of Marie Roget: a sequel to 'The murders in the Rue Morgue'" / Edgar Allan Poe (1845) -- WPA oral histories by formerly enslaved people, including Lulu Lee, Anna Lee, William Coleman, and William Byrd (recorded 1937-38 but cover the period before the end of the Civil War) -- The great trunk mystery of New York City / Anonymous (1871) -- The country of the pointed firs / Sarah Orne Jewett (1896) -- Abortion / Eugene O'Neill (1914) -- Summer / Edith Wharton (1918) -- "Motherhood" / Georgia Douglas Johnson (1922) -- "Engaged" / Genevieve Taggard (1922) -- "Mr. Durant" / Dorothy Parker (1924) -- Daughter of the Earth / Agnes Smedley (1929) -- Missis Flinders / Tess Slesinger (Story magazine 1932) -- "Cora unashamed" / Langston Hughes (1934) -- "A cold front" / William Carlos Williams (1939) -- "the mother" / Gwendolyn Brooks (1945) -- Peyton Place / Grace Metalious (1956) -- "What else did I think I could do?" from The abortionist / Dr. X (1962) as told to Lucy Freeman -- "One woman's abortion" / Mrs. X (1965) -- "Facing the abortion question" / Shirley Chisholm (1969) -- They weep on my doorstep / Ruth Barnett (1969) -- The abortees' songbook / Patricia Maginnis (1969) -- "The lost baby poem" / Lucille Clifton (1972) -- Afterword / Renee Bracey Sherman. | |
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