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“In the four years before the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, most women decided to get abortions had to subject themselves to the power of illegal, unregulated abortionists…But a Chicago woman who happened to stumble across a secret organization code-named ‘Jane’ had an alternative. Laura Kaplan, who joined Jane in 1971, has pieced together the histories of the anonymous (here identified only by pseudonyms), average-sounding women who transformed themselves into outlaws.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“The Story of Jane is a piece of women’s history in keeping with feminist theory demanding that women tell their own stories. It serves to remind people of a very powerful and continuously overlooked moment in the women’s rights movement.”—Seattle Weekly
“Laura Kaplan’s The Story of Jane is the first book to chronicle this controversial sliver of history, and this is a fascinating, if partisan, close-up of the group.”—Newsday
“[Kaplan] draws on her personal recollections and interviews with Jane members and clients and the doctors who performed the abortions to provide a well-written, detailed history of this radical group.”—Publisher’s Weekly
“Weaving together the voices and memories of her former co-workers, Kaplan recounts how the group to begin with focused on counseling women and helping them find reliable, relatively priced doctors….Kaplan’s account of this remarkable story recaptures the political idealism of the early ’70s…23 years after Roe vs. Wade, the issues and memories raised by the books are close and all too relevant.”—K Kaufmann, San Francisco Chronicle
“Laura Kaplan’s The Story of Jane is the first book to chronicle this controversial sliver of history, and this is a fascinating, if partisan, close-up of the group….The Story of Jane succeeds on the steam of Kaplan’s gripping subject and her moving belief in the power of small-scale change.”—Cynthia Leive, New York Newsday
“Throughout the four years before the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in 1973, the 100 members of Jane helped some 11,000 women end their pregnancies….There is more in this remarkable book on the way to further raise eyebrows….Kaplan’s engrossing tales of the quiet courage of the women who risked their reputations and freedom to help others may remind many readers of other kinds of outlaws who have resisted tyranny all through history.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“The Story of Jane is a piece of women’s history in keeping with feminist theory demanding that women tell their own stories. It serves to remind people of a very powerful and continuously overlooked moment in the women’s rights movement.”—Seattle Weekly
“Laura Kaplan’s The Story of Jane is the first book to chronicle this controversial sliver of history, and this is a fascinating, if partisan, close-up of the group.”—Newsday
“[Kaplan] draws on her personal recollections and interviews with Jane members and clients and the doctors who performed the abortions to provide a well-written, detailed history of this radical group.”—Publisher’s Weekly
“Weaving together the voices and memories of her former co-workers, Kaplan recounts how the group to begin with focused on counseling women and helping them find reliable, relatively priced doctors….Kaplan’s account of this remarkable story recaptures the political idealism of the early ’70s…23 years after Roe vs. Wade, the issues and memories raised by the books are close and all too relevant.”—K Kaufmann, San Francisco Chronicle
“Laura Kaplan’s The Story of Jane is the first book to chronicle this controversial sliver of history, and this is a fascinating, if partisan, close-up of the group….The Story of Jane succeeds on the steam of Kaplan’s gripping subject and her moving belief in the power of small-scale change.”—Cynthia Leive, New York Newsday
“Throughout the four years before the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in 1973, the 100 members of Jane helped some 11,000 women end their pregnancies….There is more in this remarkable book on the way to further raise eyebrows….Kaplan’s engrossing tales of the quiet courage of the women who risked their reputations and freedom to help others may remind many readers of other kinds of outlaws who have resisted tyranny all through history.”—Chicago Sun-Times
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