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Say Anarcha : a young woman, a devious surgeon, and the harrowing birth of modern women's health / by Hallman, J. C.,author.;
Includes bibliographic key to online citations and index."In 1846, a young surgeon, J. Marion Sims ("The Father of Gynecology"), began several years of experimental surgeries on a young enslaved woman known as Anarcha ("The Mother of Gynecology"). This series of procedures--performed without anesthesia and resulting in Anarcha's so-called "cure"--forever altered the path of women's health. Despite brutal practices and failed techniques, Sims proclaimed himself the curer of obstetric fistula, a horrific condition that had stymied the medical world for centuries. Parlaying supposed success to the founding of a new hospital in New York City--where he conducted additional dangerous experiments on Irish women--Sims went on to a profitable career treating gentry and royalty in Europe, becoming one of the world's first celebrity surgeons. Medical text after medical text hailed Anarcha as a pivotal figure in the history of medicine, but little was recorded about the woman herself. Through extensive research, author J. C. Hallman has unearthed the first evidence ever found of Anarcha's life that did not come from Sims's suspect reports. With incredible tenacity, Hallman traced Anarcha's path from her beginnings on a Southern plantation to the backyard clinic where she was subjected to scores of painful surgical experiments, to her years after in Richmond and New York City, and to her final resting place in a lonely Virginia forest. When Hallman first set out to find Anarcha, the world was just beginning to grapple with the history of white supremacy and its connection to racial health disparities exposed by COVID-19 and the disproportionate number of Black women who die while giving birth. In telling the stories of the "Mother" and "Father" of gynecology, Say Anarcha excavates the history of a heroic enslaved woman and deconstructs the biographical smokescreen of a surgeon whom history has falsely enshrined as a heroic pioneer. Kin in spirit to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Hallman's dual biographical narratives tell a single story that corrects errors calcified in history and illuminates the sacrifice of a young woman who changed the world only to be forgotten by it-until now"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Jackson, Anarcha, approximately 1821-1869.; Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883.; Enslaved women; Fistula, Vesico-vaginal; Gynecologists; Gynecology; Human experimentation in medicine; Medical ethics;
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Ballykissangel: S3. by Boyd, Dermot,film director.; Harrison, Paul,film director.; Cotter, Tom,film director.; Kirwan, Dervla,actor.; McCafferty, Frankie,actor.; Toibin, Niall,actor.; Hanly, Peter,actor.; Tompkinson, Stephen,actor.; Doyle, Tony,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Dervla Kirwan, Frankie McCafferty, Niall Toibin, Peter Hanly, Stephen Tompkinson, Tony DoyleOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 1998.Births, deaths and mariages. Assumpta and Peter decide on their future - but tragedy strikes.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
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The kind mama : a simple guide to supercharged fertility, a radiant pregnancy, a sweeter birth, and a healthier, more beautiful beginning / by Silverstone, Alicia.; Neunsinger, Amy.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Infertility, Female; Pregnancy; Childbirth; Infants;
© c2014., Rodale,
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Cemetery inscriptions : Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury Townships, Simcoe County, Ontario, with historic notes / by Ellis, Bernice Merrick.; Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury Historical Society.Cemetery Committee.;
Subjects: Registers of births, etc.; Registers of births, etc.; Inscriptions; Inscriptions;
© c1982., Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury Historical Society,
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I am the night [videorecording] : limited series / by Eisley, India,actor.; Jenkins, Patty,television director.; Franklin, Carl,television director.; Mahoney, Victoria,television director.; Orser, Leland,actor.; Pine, Chris,1980-actor.; Vazquez, Yul,actor.; Warner Home Video (Firm),publisher.;
Chris Pine, Leland Orser, India Eisley, Yul Vazquez, Connie Nielsen, Golden Brooks.Inspired by true events, this is the story of Fauna Hodel, a teenage girl who was given away at birth. Fauna lives with the mysteries of her origin, until one day she makes a discovery that leads her to question everything. As Fauna begins to investigate, she meets a ruined reporter, and together they follow a sinister trail that swirls ever closer to an infamous Los Angeles gynecologist, a man involved in some of Hollywood's darkest debauchery, and possibly, its most infamous unsolved crime.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Gynecologists; Teenage girls; Family secrets; Infants switched at birth;
For private home use only.
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Ready? Set. Puppies! / by Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux.; Anderson, Derek.;
Raymond and Roxy wait for Flo to give birth to her puppies.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Dogs; Animals; Patience;
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Walking through history. [videorecording] / by Gillam-Smith, Nick,television director.; Robbins, Andy(Director),producer,television director.; Robinson, Tony,1946-on-screen presenter.; Dreamscape Media,publisher.;
Tony Robinson, host.In a four-part series that will appeal to history buffs and dedicated ramblers alike, Tony Robinson embarks on spectacular walks through some of Britain's most historic landscapes in search of the richest stories from Britain's past. In each program, Tony follows a route that allows him to explore on foot both the history of a particularly colorful historical period or event and the spectacular landscape, including its geographical features, in which those events unfolded. These walks are proper expeditions with each one taking Tony a week. Along with the various experts he encounters, Tony reveals and discovers the places and their hidden stories that ordinary walkers and ramblers might otherwise miss.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Travelogues (Television programs); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Cities and towns; Historic buildings; Historic districts; Historic sites; Landscape archaeology; Walking;
For private home use only.
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24x36. by Burke, Kevin,film director.; Dante, Joe,actor.; Raven Banner (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Joe DanteOriginally produced by Raven Banner in 2016.A documentary exploring the birth, death, and resurrection of the illustrated movie poster.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Art.; Arts.; Mass media.; Digital communications.; Design.; Social sciences.; Motion pictures.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Artists.; Popular culture.; Architecture.;
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The gathering table / by Eady, Antwan.; Ladd, London.;
A Southern family gathers in their backyard around a special table to celebrate important moments throughout the year, from anniversaries to new births, as they share food, traditions, and love.
Subjects: Picture books.; Families; Love; Gullahs; African Americans;
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Wind / Pinball : two novels / by Murakami, Haruki,1949-; Goossen, Ted,translator.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-1973-nen no pinbōru.English.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-Hear the wind sing.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-Kaze no uta o kike.English.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-Novels.English.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-Pinball, 1973.;
The birth of my kitchen-table fiction -- Hear the Wind Sing -- Pinball, 1973.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.;
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