Each wom­an’s sto­ry includes what­ev­er doc­u­men­ta­tion I can find to sub­stan­ti­ate her death. Wom­en’s Sto­ries
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All Deaths by Name 

• “Cathy W.,” July 11, 1909 Age: 24 
  • Ver­i­fied self-induced with catheter
• Mar­garet Wag­n­er, Jan­u­ary 23, 1912 Age: 33 
  • Mid­wife Car­o­line Orbach (?)
• Sophie Wag­n­er, May 2, 1913 Mid­wife Mar­garet Wide­mann, Chicago
• Stel­la Wag­n­er, Jan­u­ary 14, 1915 
  • Uniden­ti­fied person
• Eshter Wahlstrom, Decem­ber 1, 1928 Age: 23 
  • Dr. Lou E. Davis, Chicago
• Cather­ine Wain­wright, August 26, 1922 
  • Unde­ter­mined
• Pamela Wain­wright, Jan­u­ary 16, 1987 Age: 37 
  • Shal­low­ford Com­mu­ni­ty Hos­pi­tal, Georgia
• Mar­garet Wal­don, April 15, 1916 Age: 33 
  • Unde­ter­mined
• Willie Pearl Walk­er, June 1, 1926 Age: 18 
  • Dr. Thomas Ney, Chicago
• Bessie Wal­lace, March 6, 1915 
  • Unde­ter­mined
• Lynette Wal­lace, Sep­tem­ber 27, 1975 Age: 22 
  • Ingle­wood Wom­en’s Hospital
• Stel­la Wal­len­berg, Sep­tem­ber 14, 1928 Age: 20 
  • Lay abor­tion­ist w/physician accessory
• Nel­lie Walsh, Feb­ru­ary 12, 1907 Age: 28 
  • Dr. Adolph Buet­tner, Chicago
• Debra Wal­ton, Sep­tem­ber 25, 1989 Age: 35 
  • Unspec­i­fied physi­cian, Birm­ing­ham, AL
• Dorothy Ward, June 21, 1932 Age: 18 
  • Dr. C. A. Ruck­er charged with murder
• Jane Ward Octo­ber 28, 1947 Age: 22 
  • Dr. Paul Singer, New York
• Nan­cy Ward Feb­ru­ary 8, 1968 Age: 19 
  • Dr. Richard Mucie, Kansas City, MO
• Martha Wat­son, Feb­ru­ary 23, 1928 Age: 26 
  • Unde­ter­mined
• Nicey Wash­ing­ton, June 6, 2000 Age: 26 
  • Ambu­la­to­ry Sur­gi­cal Cen­ter, Brook­lyn, NY
• Sheila Wat­ley, Decem­ber 29, 1987 Age: 31 
  • Dr. Richard Cunningham
  • Con­cerned Wom­en’s Cen­ter, Hous­ton, TX
• Diane Wat­son, August 29, 1987 Age: 27 
  • Dr. Rudolph Mor­agne Hedd Sur­gi-Cen­ter, Chica­go, IL
• Vir­ginia Watson
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  • Novem­ber 29, 1954 Age: 32
  • Lay abor­tion­ist Roger Brenon
• Dorothy Web­ber, Feb­ru­ary 26, 1943 Age 20 
  • Dr. Hen­ry Gross (?)
• Amelia Weber, May 19, 1858 Age: 28 
  • Dr. Charles Cobel, Brook­lyn, NY
• Ingar Weber, Jan­u­ary 26, 1990 Age: 28 
  • Delta Wom­en’s Clin­ic, Baton Rouge, LA
• Susan Web­ster, August 16, 1858 Age: 20 
  • Dr. David R. Brown, Boston
• Ruth Weir, Feb­ru­ary 16, 1929 Age: 25 
  • Dr. Mau­rice Sturm, New York
• Anna Wel­ger, Feb­ru­ary 27, 1926 Age: 36 
  • Mid­wife There­sa Struha­la, Chicago
• Robin Wells, August 2, 1981 Age: 27 
  • Dr. Max Gaujean
  • Akron Cen­ter for Repro­duc­tive Health, Ohio
• Eliz­a­beth Wel­ter, Sep­tem­ber 14, 1925 Age: 19 
  • Dr. Lucy Hagenow, Chicago
• Irene Wen­gel, June 12, 1902 
  • Dr. Fred­er­ick Weight­nov­el, Tam­pa, FL
• Belle Wertz, Decem­ber, 1874 
  • Dr. Hilt, Cincin­nati, OH
• Ta Tan­isha Wes­son, Feb­ru­ary 1, 1995 Age: 24 
  • Fam­i­ly Plan­ning Asso­ciates Med­ical Group (NAF)
• Zil­phia West, Decem­ber, 1874 Age: c. 20 
  • Unde­ter­mined
• Mary Wheat, Octo­ber 8, 1899 Age: c. 30 
  • Dr. S. M. Jenkins (?)
• Alice White, July 2, 1891 
  • Dr. Scott Helm
• Ellen White, Jan­u­ary 10, 1907 Age: 36 
  • Mid­wife Ellen Watchek, Chicago
• Lola White­man, Decem­ber 11, 1928 Age: 21 
  • Mid­wife Mary Mur­was­ki, Rock­ford, IL
• Mary Whit­ney, May 17, 1924 Age: 26 
  • Dr. Lou E. Davis, Chicago
• Rau­ka Wilen, Jan­u­ary 13, 1911 Age: 27 
  • Mid­wife Mary Rominel, Chicago (?)
• Jessie Wicks, Feb­ru­ary, 1854 
  • Pos­si­ble lay abor­tion­ist Mrs. M.J. Bord
• Hazel Wilcox, March 16, 1915 Age: 19 
  • Mid­wife Julie Petera, Chicago
• Ada Williams, Feb­ru­ary 20, 1916 Age: c. 27 
  • Dr. Noble O. Hamil­ton, Den­ver, CO
• Chivon Williams. May 19, 1995, Age 16 
  • Dr. Alber­to Hodari, Detroit, MI (NAF)
• Ellen Williams, March 6, 1985 Age: 38 
  • Dr. Char­toor Singh Dade­land, Mia­mi, FL
• Madell Williams, July 1, 1936 Age: 19 
  • Unspec­i­fied
• Mary Williams, Sep­tem­ber 15, 1925 Age: 25 
  • Unspec­i­fied
• Merl Williams April 24, 1937 Age: 21 
  • Mid­wife Cordelia Moore, Oklahoma
• Nic­hole Williams, April 25, 1997 Age: 22 
  • Dr. Robert Crist
  • Repro­duc­tive Health Ser­vices, Kansas City, MO (NAF)
• San­dra Williams, Decem­ber 13, 1984 Age: 30 
  • Unspec­i­fied legal abor­tion facil­i­ty, Pennsylvania
• Shirley Williams, Jan­u­ary 12, 1980 Age: 30 
  • Unspec­i­fied legal abor­tion facil­i­ty, Louisiana
• Julia Williamson, June 6, 1907 Age: 29 
  • Mid­wife Emi­ly Redem­s­ki, Chicago (?)
• Tanya Williamson, Sep­tem­ber 7, 1996 Age: 28 
  • Dr. Moshe Hachamovitch, New York
• Vivian Willis, March 3, 1928 Age: 21 
  • Uniden­ti­fied practitioner
• Lak­isha Wilson
  • March 28, 2014 Age: 22 Preterm Clinic
• Loret­ta Wilson
  • Decem­ber 23, 1934 Age: 19
  • Dr. John Beck­er, New York
• Mary Ann Wil­son, 1837
  • Unspec­i­fied physi­cian, Low­ell, MA
• Car­ole Wingo, July 22, 1974 Age: 22 
  • Mer­cy Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, Detroit, MI
• Mrs. Fred Win­kle­man, July 21, 1886 
  • Hus­band a sus­pect, no prosecution
• Otil­ia Win­kler, March 2, 1906, Age 23 
  • Mid­wife Wil­hem­i­na Benn, Chicago (?)
• Eliz­a­beth Win­ter, Novem­ber 11, 1916 Age: 28 
  • Cecelia Ste­jskal, Chica­go, pro­fes­sion not determined
• Miss Win­ter, July, 1876 
  • Abor­ti­fa­cient from unspec­i­fied source
• Emma Witte, August 20, 1913 Age: 20 
  • Dr. Otis Walk­er, Chicago
• Min­nie Wit­ten­born, Jan­u­ary 13, 1880 Age: 21 
  • Unde­ter­mined
• Mary Wojnovich, March 2, 1918 Age: 26 
  • Ver­i­fied self-induced with wood­en stick, Pitts­burgh, PA
• Grace Wolf, Decem­ber 3, 1917 
  • Dr. C. Allen Sny­der, Dubuque, IA
• Vir­ginia Wolfe, July 10, 1998 Age: 33 
  • Dr. Lil­lian Jones
  • Methodist Wom­en’s & Chil­dren’s Hos­pi­tal, Bexar Co., TX
• Emma Wolfer, May 4, 1865 Age: 18 
  • Dr. Charles Cobel, New York
• Dar­lene Wood, July 7, 1982 Age: 23 
  • Dr. Reg­na Rajan Tem­ple Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal, Philadel­phia, PA
• Elvi­ra Wood­ward, April 27, 1871 
  • Dr. Charles P. Wood, Man­ches­ter, NH
• Flo­rence Wright, Jan­u­ary 12, 1909 Age: 34 
  • Mid­wife Louisa Acht­en­berg, Chicago
• Gail Wright, March 26, 1986 Age: 29 
  • Unspec­i­fied legal facil­i­ty, New Jersey
• Vir­ginia Wyck­off, April 24, 1932 Age: 21 
  • Dr. J. W. Eisiminger, Okla­homa City, OK
• Gertrude Wynants, July 19, 1925 Age: 17 
  • Pos­si­ble lay abor­tion­ist Mar­garet Shott Higgens, New York
• “Tes­sa Z.,” June 22, 1909 Age: 29 
  • Unspec­i­fied mid­wife, Chicago
• Jen­nie Zablin­ien, June, 1916 
  • Unde­ter­mined
• Mrs. Vladis­law Zapanc, August 26, 1917 Age: 28 
  • Unde­ter­mined practitioner
• Stanis­lawa Zagon­s­ki, Sep­tem­ber 30, 1904 
  • Pos­si­ble lay abor­tion­ist Mrs. Alexan­der Woj­tanows­ki, Chica­go, IL
• Sta­cy Zallie
  • Octo­ber 1, 2002 Age: 20
  • Dr. Steven Chase Brigham
  • Amer­i­can Wom­en’s Ser­vices, Cher­ry Hill, NJ
• Mar­garet Zito, Decem­ber 7, 1925 Age: 18 
  • Unde­ter­mined
• Josepha Zrowsky, Feb­ru­ary 23, 1915 
  • Self-induced, unspec­i­fied method, Chicago

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