#8: Dr. J. Marion Sims

In Episode 8 Jess covers the "Father of Gynecology" James Marion Sims, his medical practices, his treatment of his patients, his use of Black women as test subjects for his medical experiments, and how we today are taking back control of that narrative! 

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Links to petitions:

https://www.change.org/p/kay-ivey-remove-the-statue-and-the-lies-of-j-marion-sims-from-alabama-s-state-capital  

https://www.change.org/p/everyone-remove-james-marion-sims-painting-from-alabama-state-capital?redirect=false

https://www.change.org/p/state-of-south-carolina-removal-monuments-bearing-honoring-notorious-racist-from-south-carolina-state-house?signed=true

Sources for this episode:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/17/603163394/-father-of-gynecology-who-experimented-on-slaves-no-longer-on-pedestal-in-nychttps://wach.com/news/local/descendant-of-marion-sims-support-removal-of-statuehttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/19/fact-check-j-marion-sims-did-medical-experiments-black-female-slaves/3202541001/https://www.history.com/news/the-father-of-modern-gynecology-performed-shocking-experiments-on-slaveshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563360/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/04/j-marion-sims/558248/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/j-marion-sims