BWLC Book Talk: J.C. Hallman, author of Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health
Little is known about the young enslaved women who Dr. J. Marion Sims, a surgeon long hailed as “the father of modern gynecology,” conducted surgical experiments on without anesthesia. J. C. Hallman, author of Say Anarcha, excavates history, deconstructs the biographical smoke screen of a surgeon falsely enshrined as a medical pioneer, and centers a heroic Black woman and the evolution of modern women’s health care. Kim Mutcherson, Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School and Fellow-in-Residence at the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center, joins J.C. Hallman in discussion of his book and how it can help inform the future of reproductive justice.
This event is cosponsored by the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, the Reproductive Justice Clinic, Law Women, and If/When/How.
**Note on Accessibility: This virtual event requires an Internet connection and computer or smartphone. All audio will be Closed Captioned. For any questions, please email shirley.dang@nyu.edu at least 72 hours prior to the event.**