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Madeleine McDowell

Madeleine McDowell is a historian of the nineteenth century whose research has focused on the religious, cultural, and intellectual history of the English-speaking world. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and lives in Sacramento with her husband and young children.

Book launch interview: Pity for Evil: Suffrage, Abortion, and Women’s Empowerment in Reconstruction America

Monica Klem and Madeleine McDowell   |  November 7, 2023

In their new book, Klem and McDowell tell the story of the early women’s rights activists’ opposition to abortion.