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Mary Aikin
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Grinnell Stories blog by Dan Kaiser
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Mary Aikin
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Abortion
Post title: Mary Aikin--the First (Only!) Grinnell Woman Imprisoned for Causing an Abortion
Date published: March 8, 2018
Link to blog post: https://grinnellstories.blogspot.com/2018/03/mary-aikinthe-first-grinnell-woman.html
Drake Library Archive Digital File Name: Grinnell Stories/2018-03-08 Mary Aiken
Summary: Kaiser pieces together a biography of Mary Aikin, who was convicted in 1898 for performing an abortion on Myrtle Noble. She died in confinement shortly after this imprisonment. While many details of her life are uncertain, Aiken was sympathetic to the Anarchist cause, and she was one of only two female doctors in Grinnell at the time. Why Myrtle Noble sought out an abortion is also unclear.
1221 Park Street, Grinnell, IA, USA
Aikin, Mary Herma (also Aiken or Aikins)
Aikin, Nathan J.
Grinnell Congregational Church
Harris, Rachael
Herma, Elizabeth
Herma, Thomas
Kilmer, Mary
Kilmer, William
Noble, Lester
Noble, Myrtle
Noble, Roy
Peters, George
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See also 1.4 - Grinnell - Biography - Aiken, Mary Herma