Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss! Episode 91

Hello friends!

This week Emma tells the fascinating and deeply upsetting story of abortionist, Mamie Cadden. Mamie carried out abortions in an Ireland deeply entrenched in Catholicism and shame. Mamie's story should be something left in the past but in 2022 it seems history is tragically repeating itself.

We hope you have a good week, lads!

Episode begins at 30:40

References:

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/exploding-the-myth-about-abortion-in-50s-ireland-26006313.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Cadden

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/diarmaid-ferriter-abortionist-mamie-cadden-was-no-vera-drake-1.3369632

https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/irish-legal-heritage-mamie-cadden

https://magill.ie/archive/memory-lane-back-street-abortions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Publications_Board_(Ireland)

https://nursingclio.org/2019/04/24/murder-and-motherhood-in-1950s-ireland-the-trial-of-abortionist-mamie-cadden/

https://collection.maas.museum/object/141910

Ray Kavanagh Mamie Cadden, Back street Abortionist