Friday, January 20, 2023

January 20, 1910: Nurse or Midwife Implicated

On January 20, 1910, homemaker and Austrian immigrant Elizabeth Lambacher, age 27, died at her Robby Street home in Chicago from septic peritonitis caused by an abortion. A nurse or midwife named Mrs. Hopp was indicted by a grand jury. The source document does not indicate that the case ever went to trial.

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