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Madam The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age

Name: Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age
Author: Debby Applegate

Debby Applegate

The compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who played hostess to every gangster, politician, writer, sports star and Cafe Society swell worth knowing, and who as much as any single figure helped make the twenties roar—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning a...

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My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

It details the life, death, and resurrection of Madame Rostell, a 19th-century abortionist in New York City, exploring her rise to prominence and eventual downfall.

The main source of today's story is Jennifer Wright's book, Madam Rostell, The Life, Death and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless and Infamous Abortionist.

— Episode: 439 - Snap Of A Bat

Episode: 439 - Snap Of A Bat

It details the life, death, and resurrection of Madame Rostell, a 19th-century abortionist in New York City, exploring her rise to prominence and eventual downfall.

The main source of today's story is Jennifer Wright's book, Madam Rostell, The Life, Death and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless and Infamous Abortionist.

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All In with Chris Hayes

It was mentioned in a discussion about the Comstack Act. The Comstack Act, originally passed to prevent the sale of contraception, is still on the books and could be used to ban abortion pills.

I want to play so the Comstack Act which I there's a great book by a woman named Jim actually right on Madam Rastell.

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