'The Evil of the Age': The New York Times and the Politicisation of Abortion, 1871.

In August 1871, the New York Times published the findings of an undercover investigation undertaken by one of its reporters into the abortionists who operated in the city. This coincided with the discovery of the body of Alice Bowlsby in a travelling trunk at a railroad depot, who had died as a resu...

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Published in:	Gender & History Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 602 - 621
Main Author:	Thyer, Danielle
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Oct2020
Subjects:	Investigative reporting New York Times, The (Newspaper) Abortion Abortion & politics Abortion in the press Abortion complications Abortion & ethics
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost