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
- 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