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Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist
Jennifer Wright
Grand Central Publishing
2023
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Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history--Madame Restell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York. An industrious immigrant who built her business from the ground up, Madame Restell was a self-taught surgeon on the cutting edge of healthcare in pre-Gilded Age New York, and her bustling "boarding house" provided birth control, abortions, and medical assistance to thousands of women--rich and poor alike. As her practice expanded, her notoriety swelled, and Restell established her-self as a prime target for tabloids, threats, and lawsuits galore. But far from fading into the background, she defiantly flaunted her wealth, parading across the city in designer clothes, expensive jewelry, and bejeweled carriages, rubbing her success in the faces of the many politicians, publishers, fellow physicians, and religious figures determined to bring her down. Unfortunately for Madame Restell, her rise to the top of her field coincided with "the greatest scam you've never heard about"--the campaign to curtail women's power by restricting their access to both healthcare and careers of their own. Powerful, secular men--threatened by women's burgeoning independence--were eager to declare abortion sinful, a position endorsed by newly-minted male MDs who longed to edge out their feminine competition and turn medicine into a standardized, male-only practice. By unraveling the misogynistic and misleading lies that put women's lives in jeopardy, Wright simultaneously restores Restell to her rightful place in history and obliterates the faulty reasoning underlying the very foundation of what has since been dubbed the "pro-life" movement. Thought-provoking, character-driven, boldly written, and feminist as hell, Madame Restell is required reading for anyone and everyone who believes that when it comes to women's rights, women's bodies, and women's history, women should have the last word.
Discover the true story of a self-taught surgeon and trailblazing figure in medical history-Madame Restsell, a revolutionary surgeon who fought for women's rights and healthcare in Gilded Age New York.?An industrious immigrant who built her business from the ground up, Madame Restell was a self-taught surgeon on the cutting edge of healthcare in pre-Gilded Age New York, and her bustling "boarding house" provided birth control, abortions, and medical assistance to thousands of women-rich and poor alike. As her practice expanded, her notoriety swelled, and Restell established her-self as a prime target for tabloids, threats, and lawsuits galore. But far from fading into the background, she defiantly flaunted her wealth, parading across the city in designer clothes, expensive jewelry, and bejeweled carriages, rubbing her success in the faces of the many politicians, publishers, fellow physicians, and religious figures determined to bring her down.Unfortunately for Madame Restell, her rise to the top of her field coincided with "the greatest scam you've never heard about"-the campaign to curtail women's power by restricting their access to both healthcare and careers of their own. Powerful, secular men-threatened by women's burgeoning independence-were eager to declare abortion sinful, a position endorsed by newly-minted male MDs who longed to edge out their feminine competition and turn medicine into a standardized, male-only practice. By unraveling the misogynistic and misleading lies that put women's lives in jeopardy, Wright simultaneously restores Restell to her rightful place in history and obliterates the faulty reasoning underlying the very foundation of what has since been dubbed the "pro-life" movement.Thought-provoking, character-driven, boldly written, and feminist as hell, Madame Restell is required reading for anyone and everyone who believes that when it comes to women's rights, women's bodies, and women's history, women should have the last word.
Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power
Jennifer Wright
Grand Central Publishing
2025
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From the author of Madame Restell and Get Well Soon, a biography of Mamie Fish that explores how women used parties and social gatherings to gain power and prestige. Marion Graves Anthon Fish, known by the nicknames "Mamie" and "The Fun-Maker," threw the most epic parties in American history. This Gilded Age icon brought it all: lavish decor; A-list invitees; booze; pranks; and large animal guest stars. If you were a member of New York high society in the Peak Age of Innocence Era, you simply had to be on Mamie Fish's guest list. Mamie Fish understood that people didn't just need the formality of prior generations -- they needed wit and whimsy. Make no mistake, however: Mamie Fish's story is about so much more than partying. In Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time, readers will learn all about how Fish and her friends shaped the line of history, exerting their influence on business, politics, family relationships, and social change through elaborate social gatherings. In a time when women couldn't even own property, let alone run for office, if women wanted any of the things men got outside the home--glory, money, attention, social networking, leadership roles--they had to do it by throwing a decadent soiree or chairing a cotillion. To ensure people would hear and remember what she had to say, Mamie Fish lived her whole life at Volume 10, becoming famous not by playing the part of a saintly helpmeet, but by letting her demanding, bitchy, hilarious, dramatic freak flag fly. It's time to let modern readers in on the fun, the fabulousness, and the absolute ferocity that is Ms. Stuyvesant Fish--and her inimitable legacy.
A powerful collection of stories about women who murdered—for revenge, for love, and even for pleasure—rife with historical details that will have any true crime junkie on the edge of their seat In every tragic story, men are expected to be the killers. There are countless studies and works of art made about male violence. However, when women are featured in stories about murder, they are rarely portrayed as predators. They’re the prey. This common dynamic is one of the reasons that women are so enthralled by female murderers. They do the things that women aren’t supposed to do and live the lives that women aren’t supposed to want: lives that are impulsive and angry and messy and inconvenient. Maybe we feel bad about loving them, but we eat it up just the same. Residing squarely in the middle of a Venn diagram of feminism and true crime, She Kills Me tells the story of 40 women who murdered out of necessity, fear, revenge, and even for pleasure.
In 1518, in a small town in France, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. She danced herself to her death six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had died from the mysterious dancing plague. In late-nineteenth-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome--a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure. And in turn-of-the-century New York, an Irish cook caused two lethal outbreaks of typhoid fever, a case that transformed her into the notorious Typhoid Mary and led to historic medical breakthroughs. Throughout time, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the plagues they've suffered from. Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their suffering. With her signature mix of in-depth research and upbeat storytelling, and not a little dark humour, Jennifer Wright explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks.
What story are you hiding behind?This thought-provoking question is the core of the inspiring book, RedeemHer Heart: The Stories We Hide Behind.In this book, Wright openly shares her fight through motherhood, Christianity, perfectionism and people-pleasing. If you feel like youhave been living out of alignment, or have been hiding from your true self, this is the book for you.Jennifer Wright will inspire you to take back your power.
Thrown into another world where dangerous creatures live and rule, will Wesley stay and find love with a vampire, or will the terrors of an unknown realm have him running home? On a camping trip in Louisiana, Wesley finds himself sucked down a hidden portal and thrown into another realm where he meets Remus, a warrior vampire. With the help of Remus, Wesley embarks on an adventure to find his way home, back to a world not filled with vampires and dragons and magic folk. Along his journey, the handsome vampire finds his way into Wesley's heart. But will his love for Remus overcome his fears of the creatures that reign in this world? Remus has never wanted a man before, but finds himself drawn to Wesley despite his denying efforts. He's happy with his life as the commander of the vampires, and has had no interest in finding a mate. But after Wesley is kidnapped, Remus discovers his feelings for the man are stronger than he thought. Is he strong enough, though, to honour Wesley's wish to return home, and let go of the man he loves?
Keddrick has denied claiming his mate for four years, separating them by worlds just to keep the man he loves safe...from him. Can he resist temptation when his love lands on his doorstep in need of help? Eli has lusted after Keddrick from the moment the vampire stepped through the portal and into Earth. He had desperately wanted to go with Keddrick when the man returned to Pavarus, but it wasn't allowed-not to mention Eli was under the impression that Keddrick was straight. Four years later his wish has come true, but not in the way he wanted. Barely escaping death by the hands of Wayland, head of the human council on Earth, Eli flees to Pavarus in search of help. The line of events that get him there release a hidden secret deep inside of him he never knew existed, and would soon change his life forever. Keddrick's restraint towards Eli is being seriously tested, and every day Eli stays with him at the coven, the harder it gets. He wants to keep his distance, but at the same time he wants to do everything he can to please Eli. Yet as time goes on, he feels his resolve slowly crumble, his love for the man too strong to ignore.When Keddrick finds out about Wayland's threat on his and Eli's life, he is determined to stop the madman anyway he can, even if that means going against Eli's pleas for him not to. Through blood and tears, years of love and moments of betrayal, can these two men find their way through the hardships and into a life of happiness in each other's arms?
Zane has everything in his life under control and in order, but can he keep it that way when a young dragon is thrown into his life? Zane was meant to be a warrior-end of story. Though he may not have had the most pleasant life living at the coven, he still loved being there. But the steadiness of his world came to a halt all within one day's events. A man he never saw coming has pushed the boundaries of what little normalcy he has, and learning of a secret love is just confusing him even more. Zane has never felt more torn on what he should be feeling...and for whom. Though if he assumed having two men plaguing his every waking thought was hard enough, learning of the danger his mother is in nearly has his head spinning off into another dimension. The leader of the Draguns is threatening to take everything away from him, his best friend is slipping further and further away from him, and a little dragon is managing to get under his skin in more ways than one. Sorting out what he has to do, what he wants, and what's right for him will be the biggest challenge he's ever been faced with. Will he follow his heart or will he take the easy path...or is the easy path the right path to begin with?"
Is it truly better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all? In Larken's case, he isn't so sure. He did love someone, then he lost them, and it hurt like hell. Now, Larken has to figure out how he's going to get over it and find love once more. Then again, does he even want to care for someone so strongly for a second time? He's had his heart broken once, and he fears it's too soon to open up to someone else. But how can he really deny the new feelings that are growing inside him? Khale, on the other hand, has yet to fall in love at all. It's something he's wanted his whole life, and now he finds that it may be within his grasp. Khale could love Larken with all his heart-he can see himself with the warrior for the rest of his life. But Khale also yearns for Vardel to finally accept him as his son, and this wanting misguides him, leading him into trouble. Now he needs Larken's help-he needs the man he's fallen in love with to save him, but he fears his secrets and possible betrayal will have ruined his chance of ever finding happiness.
It is my greatest hope and joy that you will find and create your own wealth and this book may be a catalyst for positive changes in your life. This book is designed to give you the tools and concepts to attain wealth in each and every area of your life. No boundaries and no ceiling, so please... dream big I have always believed that we have enough resources in this world, just a severe distribution problem. There is enough time, money and energy. Anyone can change their life. Many entrepreneurs spend their time over-thinking their programs and pricing. They struggle with clients, sales and marketing. When you focus on the value you provide, you can then change your life and the lives of your clients. People are willing to invest in products and programs that promise to improve health, improve relationships and increase income. My goal is to help all of you understand what your clients need so you can serve them and grow your business exponentially. This book is a compilation of simple skills and systems entrepeneurs can immediately utilize to attain their desires for more time, money, peace of mind and quality of life. Collectively, we can work to change the lives of others to make this world a better place. Most of us know that we live 90% of our life in our head. The thoughts we construe as truth become our reality. We can choose to live in peace, joy, bliss, and gratitude. May your stream of consciousness (the words that float through your head) be filled with love and happiness. I hope you'll pass along this collection of concepts to others, so they can live with less worry, less stress and in more joy, peace and prosperity.
Jennifer's Story-God's Help with Head Injury, Near Death Experience, and Continuing Education to Obtain the Master of Social Work Degree
M S W Jennifer B Wright
Xulon Press
2012
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Understanding Virtue
Jennifer Cole Wright; Michael T. Warren; Nancy E. Snow
Oxford University Press Inc
2020
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The last thirty years have seen a resurgence of interest in virtue among philosophers, psychologists, and educators. Over time, this interdisciplinary conversation has included character cultivation and education, in addition to more abstract, theoretical discussions of virtue. As is often the case when various disciplinary endeavors become entwined, this renewed interest in virtue cultivation faces an important challenge--namely, meeting the varying requirements imposed by different disciplinary standards. For virtue in particular, this means developing an account that practitioners from multiple disciplines find sufficiently rigorous, substantive, and useful. This volume represents a response to this interdisciplinary challenge. This co-authored book not only provides a framework for quantifying virtues, but also explores how we can understand virtue in a philosophically-informed way that is compatible with the best thinking available in personality psychology. Its objective is twofold: first, drawing on whole trait theory in psychology and Aristotelian virtue ethics, it offers accounts of virtue and character that are both philosophically sound and psychologically realistic. Second, the volume presents strategies for how virtue and character can be translated into empirically measurable variables and, thus, measured systematically, relying on the insights from the latest research in personality, social, developmental, and cognitive psychology, and psychological science more broadly. This volume presents a major contribution to the emerging science of virtue measurement and character, demonstrating just how philosophical understanding and psychological research can enrich each other.
The Vampire Hunter's Daughter The Complete Collection
Jennifer Malone Wright
Jennichad Books
2012
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Taking Flight: An Autobiography in Poetry and Poetic Prose
Jennifer Cram Wright
Dramatic Insights Publications
2018
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With just a handful of exceptions, the poetry of my late wife, Jennifer Cram Wright, has heretofore been unpublished. During her undergraduate years at Seattle Pacific University, a handful of her more formal pieces were published in the 1997 edition of Second Essence, the school's annual journal of the arts; but aside from that honor, and the occasional feedback she would receive on her blog from Mark Sommers and a dozen or so others, I remained Jenn's sole enthusiastic audience.That, I predict, will change with the publication of this volume.As I posted bits of our story on social media in the weeks preceding and following Jenn's passing at age 45, a great many people told me that I should write a book about Jenn's life; I have steadfastly declined. The best explanation is that Jenn's story is best told through her own words; and her own best words are those found in her poems and poetic prose.Unlike in the work of many poets, what you will find here is Jenn herself. She adopts no personae or pretense, and the point of view is strictly her own. The feelings expressed are real, neither feigned nor imagined. Nor sanitized--Reader be warned."The Bible is a gritty book," says Steven James. "Very raw. Very real. It deals with people just like us, just as needy and screwed up as we are, encountering a God who would rather die than spend eternity without them."This is the Bible that Jenn read--the Bible of Judges and Lamentations, of David's manic-depressive Psalms and Solomon's erotic Song. And Jenn loved what Mr. James articulated because she saw in God's Word what she found in her own life.This may be the Jenn you never knew, but only heard stories about. You may not be accustomed to such grit, to such raw, confessional emotion. On the other hand, you may have served in the trenches with her during some of these years, and also know only too well of what she wrote.In these poems, which Jenn penned between the ages of twelve and forty-three, you will find a troubling yet compelling and ultimately triumphant story of a human soul profoundly broken, longing desperately for healing and understanding, and in a glorious turn of grace finding Hope rewarded. In these poems you will find, frankly, the full Gospel: sin and depravity, the darkness of the soul, loneliness, the need for a savior, delivery from the tomb, and walking in new life. Jenn's is a distinctly Christian journey.And in the end, I think you will see that Jenn finally felt understood--and understood herself, with great moral clarity."God is always the hero," Jenn wrote in her journal on May 24, 2015, "of victorious stories." This is her own best epitaph.Find, then, in the mostly chronological presentation of these poems, the Hero ever-present in Jenn's story--even during her long walk through the valley of the shadow of death. And carry in your mind a vision of the Shepherd who found his precious lamb, and in whose loving and gentle arms Jenn now rests.Greg Wright Des Moines, Washington January 29, 2018
A Psychological Perspective on Folk Moral Objectivism
Jennifer Cole Wright
TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2022
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A Psychological Perspective on Folk Moral Objectivism is a thoroughly researched interdisciplinary exploration of the critical role metaethical beliefs play in the way morality functions.Whether people are "moral objectivists" or not is something that deserves much more empirical attention than it has thus far received, not only because it bears upon philosophical claims but also because it is a critical piece of the puzzle of human morality. This book aims to facilitate incorporating the study of metaethical beliefs into existing research programs by providing a roadmap through the theoretical and empirical landscape as it currently exists and evaluating the methodological approaches used thus far. In doing so, it summarizes the key findings—both in terms of metaethical beliefs and their correlates, causes, and consequences—that have emerged, and explores the value of this area of study for anyone interested in the development, function, causes, and/or consequences of morality.A Psychological Perspective on Folk Moral Objectivism offers a helpful guide to social scientists interested in joining this thriving new area of research. It is a valuable resource for upper level undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers in moral psychology, theoretical psychology, experimental philosophy, metaethics, and philosophy of the mind.
A Psychological Perspective on Folk Moral Objectivism
Jennifer Cole Wright
TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2022
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A Psychological Perspective on Folk Moral Objectivism is a thoroughly researched interdisciplinary exploration of the critical role metaethical beliefs play in the way morality functions.Whether people are "moral objectivists" or not is something that deserves much more empirical attention than it has thus far received, not only because it bears upon philosophical claims but also because it is a critical piece of the puzzle of human morality. This book aims to facilitate incorporating the study of metaethical beliefs into existing research programs by providing a roadmap through the theoretical and empirical landscape as it currently exists and evaluating the methodological approaches used thus far. In doing so, it summarizes the key findings—both in terms of metaethical beliefs and their correlates, causes, and consequences—that have emerged, and explores the value of this area of study for anyone interested in the development, function, causes, and/or consequences of morality.A Psychological Perspective on Folk Moral Objectivism offers a helpful guide to social scientists interested in joining this thriving new area of research. It is a valuable resource for upper level undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers in moral psychology, theoretical psychology, experimental philosophy, metaethics, and philosophy of the mind.
The Vampire Hunter's Daughter: Part 1: The Beginning
Jennifer Malone Wright
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2014
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