July 14, 1942: Self-Induced in New York

According to New York death records, on July 14, 1942, 41-year-old homemaker Lillian Abt Sweetman died at Queens General Hospital in New York. Her cause of death was given as "septicemia complicating an alleged self induced abortion."

According to genealogy records, Lillian left behind her husband and either two or three children.

I've been unable to determine anything else about Lillian.

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