This baby, sex unknown, was born in a New York brothel. His or her mother had been taken there under false pretenses by the baby's father, Harry Nelson, for a forced abortion perpetrated by Dr. Seth Shove.
When the baby was born, he or she was placed on a marble-topped table. One of the women who lived at the brothel, Mary Kearney, saw that the child was alive and moved him or her to a warm spot by the stove hearth, where the baby died about half an hour later.
The mother, Mary Ackerly, sickened until it was clear that there was no hope for her. She was returned to the home of her family in White Plains, New York, and died there on January 20, 1846.
When the baby was born, he or she was placed on a marble-topped table. One of the women who lived at the brothel, Mary Kearney, saw that the child was alive and moved him or her to a warm spot by the stove hearth, where the baby died about half an hour later.
The mother, Mary Ackerly, sickened until it was clear that there was no hope for her. She was returned to the home of her family in White Plains, New York, and died there on January 20, 1846.
This baby, sex unknown, was born in a New York brothel. His or her mother had been taken there under false pretenses by the baby's father, Harry Nelson, for a forced abortion perpetrated by Dr. Seth Shove.
When the baby was born, he or she was placed on a marble-topped table. One of the women who lived at the brothel, Mary Kearney, saw that the child was alive and moved him or her to a warm spot by the stove hearth, where the baby died about half an hour later.
The mother, Mary Ackerly, sickened until it was clear that there was no hope for her. She was returned to the home of her family in White Plains, New York, and died there on January 20, 1846.
When the baby was born, he or she was placed on a marble-topped table. One of the women who lived at the brothel, Mary Kearney, saw that the child was alive and moved him or her to a warm spot by the stove hearth, where the baby died about half an hour later.
The mother, Mary Ackerly, sickened until it was clear that there was no hope for her. She was returned to the home of her family in White Plains, New York, and died there on January 20, 1846.
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