February 19, 1916: Chicago Woman Refuses to Name Deadly Abortionist

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On February 19, 1916, homemaker Maryanna "Mary" Goralska Peckman, a 24-year-old Polish immigrant, died in Chicago from complications of a criminal abortion. 

She refused to name her killer.

According to public records, Mary and her husband, John, had a one-year-old son at the time of Mary's death.

Sources:

• "Illegal Operations Cause of Three Deaths," The (Chicago) Day Book, February 26, 1916