Blogging the Wolfe Book, Notes on L.A. Abortions in the 1940s
Let’s have some fun, shall we? Since we’re talking about abortion and abortion rings, protection, etc., here are all the news stories involving arrests or patients’ deaths in Los Angeles between 1940...
View ArticleHollywood Model Dies of Botched Abortion, Nov. 19, 1941
This post has be edited. See note at bottom for explanation. Nov. 19, 1941: Angelka Rose Gogich was 18 when she died at Glendale Emergency Hospital after undergoing an abortion. She had be working as...
View ArticleExplosion in Caltech Secret Project Kills 1, Injures 6
March 28, 1942: A fiery explosion during a secret experiment at the Kellogg Radiation Laboratory kills Raymond L. Robey and injures six others. Robey was thrown 50 feet by the force of the explosion,...
View ArticleHollywood Model Dies of Botched Abortion, Nov. 19, 1941
This post has be edited. See note at bottom for explanation. Nov. 19, 1941: Angelka Rose Gogich was 18 when she died at Glendale Emergency Hospital after undergoing an abortion. She had be working as...
View ArticleExplosion in Caltech Secret Project Kills 1, Injures 6
March 28, 1942: A fiery explosion during a secret experiment at the Kellogg Radiation Laboratory kills Raymond L. Robey and injures six others. Robey was thrown 50 feet by the force of the explosion,...
View ArticleBlack Dahlia: Blogging ‘Black Dahlia Files’ Part 83 — Notes on L.A. Abortions...
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Let’s have some fun, shall we? Since we’re talking about abortion and abortion rings, protection, etc., here are all the news stories involving arrests or...
View ArticleJune 12, 1907: Woman Dies After Abortion, but Leaves Statement Against Doctor
Note: This is an encore post from 2006. June 12, 1907 Los Angeles At 19, Florence Grover was old enough to be in love and living with a man, and at 19, she was old enough to become a mother. Her...
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