The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan

The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service

Laura Kaplan

334 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics challenging informative slow-paced

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"In the four years before the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, most women determined to get abortions had to subject themselves to the power of illegal, unregulated abortionists...But a Chicago woman who happened to stumble across a sec...

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informative 93%
inspiring 72%
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hopeful 42%
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challenging 34%
tense 21%
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funny 1%
mysterious 1%

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