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ACTIVIST MICHELLE BROWDER BUYS SITE WHERE J. MARION SIMS EXPERIMENTED ON SLAVES 
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
A MONUMENT TO THE ‘MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY’ RISES IN SAN FRANCISCO

APRIL 2, 2021

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IN ABORTION DEBATE, ECHOES OF ANOTHER BATTLE:
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FOR BLACK WOMEN
JUNE 10, 2022
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Photographer: Jill Friedman
A MONUMENT TO THE ENSLAVED ‘MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY’ RISES IN MONTGOMERY
MAY 10, 2022
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MICHELLE BROWDER IS ONE OF USA TODAY'S
WOMEN OF THE YEAR
MARCH 13, 2022
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STATUE CELEBRATES 'MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY' AT BLACK WOMEN'S BIRTHING CONFERENCE
MARCH 28, 2022
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Credit: Steven Zucker, Smarthistory
‘THE MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY’ REMEMBERED
IN MONTGOMERY MONUMENT
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
THE STATUE OF A DOCTOR WHO EXPERIMENTED ON ENSLAVED WOMEN STILL STANDS IN ALABAMA. BUT NOW THERE'S ALSO A MONUMENT TO HIS VICTIMS.
OCTOBER 2, 2021
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ALABAMA DOCTORS VISIT ANARCHA, LUCY AND BETSEY MONUMENT
FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Aruna Arora, President of Medical Association of the State of Alabama presents Artist and community leader Michelle Browder with a donation in front of the Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey Monument at the More Up Campus in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022.   Jake Crandall/ Advertiser

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‘WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT': BLACK ARTIST HONORS ENSLAVED WOMEN ABUSED IN THE NAME OF ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICINE

OCTOBER 5, 2021

MONUMENT TO 'MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY'
UNVEILED IN MONTGOMERY
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
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ALABAMA ARTIST CREATES MONUMENT TO HONOR AND INSPIRE WOMEN

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MAY 10, 2021

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PORTION OF 'MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY' ART EXHIBIT UNVEILED IN MONTGOMERY ON MOTHER'S DAY
MAY 9, 2021
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ARTIST TO UNVEIL 'MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY' TRIBUTE TO ENSLAVED BLACK WOMEN OPERATED ON WITHOUT CONSENT
MAY 7, 2021
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WITH ‘MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY,’ A SCULPTOR'S TRIBUTE TO ENSLAVED WOMEN MAIMED FOR SCIENCE

MARCH 28, 2021

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 ENSLAVED WOMEN SUFFERED IN GYNECOLOGY EXPERIMENTS.
A MONUMENT PROJECT FOR THEM VISITS L.A.

MARCH 5, 2021

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ART ON THE SQUARE HONORS LEGACY OF ENSLAVED BLACK WOMEN, 'MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY'

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

REALITY CHECK: MONTGOMERY INFLUENCERS OFFER

PERSPECTIVE ON COVID-19 VACCINES

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Informed decision-making was not an option for the enslaved women J. Marion Sims ruthlessly experimented on. But Michelle Browder, a social justice entrepreneur and local tour guide who also works with kids in underserved communities, is trying to subvert the narrative that elevated Sims to be “the father of gynecology.” Alongside artists and activists, Browder recently unveiled plans to honor three women subjected to Sims exploitation: Anarcha, Betsey, and Lucy will be memorialized as "the mothers of gynecology," with a 15-foot public monument in downtown Montgomery. The goal, Browder says, is to tell these women’s stories and “shine a light on ongoing racial disparities in the health care industry today.” 

THE NEW

YORK TIMES

For a Civil Rights Hero, 90, a New Battle Unfolds on His Childhood Street

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DECEMBER 25, 2020

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TENNESSEAN

The movement to teach a truer history of Black Americans in the South

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

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SOUTHERN

POVERTY LAW

CENTER

‘Good Trouble’: Local artists paint mural honoring Congressman John Lewis and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at SPLC headquarters

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

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MONTGOMERY

ADVERTISER

SPLC civil rights mural

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

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MONTGOMERY

ADVERTISER

Michelle Browder:

Shake the world with art and reclaim spaces to show Black Lives Matter

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JULY 14, 2020

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TODAY

Black Lives Matter

mural in Alabama has

historical significance

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JULY 1, 2020

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MONTGOMERY

ADVERTISER

Mural, where a Montgomery slave market once was, honors Black lives on Juneteenth

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JUNE 19, 2020

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NATIONAL

GEOGRAPHIC

Take a road trip through Alabama’s civil rights history

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

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THE NEW

YORK TIMES

36 Hours in

Montgomery, Ala.

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MAY 3, 2018

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