Madame Restell Quotes

“It’s a tiresome and, unfortunately, still true fact that, if men like something a woman does, they assume another man must have helped her do it. If they hate something a woman did, on the other hand, they assume a man must have made her do it.”
― Jennifer Wright, Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

“Restell was a businesswoman, a scofflaw, an immigrant, and an abortionist. She made men really, really mad. She deserves a place in the pantheon of women with no fucks left to give.”
― Jennifer Wright, Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

“Wealth and celebrity have always had a mesmerizing effect on Americans. In a country where everyone wants to be rich, many refuse to accept that the rich can be bad.”
― Jennifer Wright, Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

“She noted that the master who committed those atrocities “boasted the name and standing of a Christian, though Satan never had a truer follower,”
― Jennifer Wright, Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

“She did not ask for any man’s opinion, for she was not interested in hearing it.”
― Jennifer Wright, Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

“SIPPING TEA and nibbling on peaches,”
― Jennifer Wright, Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist

“his lips flicker into a victorious smile.”
― Jennifer Wright, Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist