He Experimented on Enslaved Women Without Anesthesia

In this episode of Ovaries & Oddities, we uncover the dark medical history of J. Marion Sims, the doctor credited with shaping modern gynecology through experimental surgeries on enslaved Black women, including Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey. These women, now often remembered as the Mothers of Gynecology, endured painful procedures without meaningful consent, while history preserved Sims’ name and buried theirs.See you next week,Ivanna Brookes