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IN ABORTION DEBATE, ECHOES OF ANOTHER BATTLE:
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FOR BLACK WOMEN
JUNE 10, 2022

Photographer: Jill Friedman
A MONUMENT TO THE ENSLAVED ‘MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY’ RISES IN MONTGOMERY
MAY 10, 2022


STATUE CELEBRATES 'MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY' AT BLACK WOMEN'S BIRTHING CONFERENCE
MARCH 28, 2022

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


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

‘WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT': BLACK ARTIST HONORS ENSLAVED WOMEN ABUSED IN THE NAME OF ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICINE
OCTOBER 5, 2021


PORTION OF 'MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY' ART EXHIBIT UNVEILED IN MONTGOMERY ON MOTHER'S DAY
MAY 9, 2021

ARTIST TO UNVEIL 'MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY' TRIBUTE TO ENSLAVED BLACK WOMEN OPERATED ON WITHOUT CONSENT
MAY 7, 2021

WITH ‘MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY,’ A SCULPTOR'S TRIBUTE TO ENSLAVED WOMEN MAIMED FOR SCIENCE
MARCH 28, 2021

ENSLAVED WOMEN SUFFERED IN GYNECOLOGY EXPERIMENTS.
A MONUMENT PROJECT FOR THEM VISITS L.A.
MARCH 5, 2021

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.”
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YORK TIMES

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POVERTY LAW
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‘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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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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