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J.C. Hallman On The Untold Story Of Surgeon J. Marion Sims' Enslaved Subjects
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:01:12
Publish Date: 2019-09-13 16:24:35
Description: Controversial surgeon J. Marion Sims, sometimes called the father of gynecology, experimented on enslaved women in the South during the 19th century. Aspen Words’ current writer-in-residence wants to tell the story of one of those women for the very first time. J.C. Hallman dug into the life of a young woman named Anarcha, searching in libraries and archives all over the world.
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