THE MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY MONUMENT

warning: this video discussed racial violence

The erection of the “Mothers of Gynecology” monument honors the sacrifice of Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey, the enslaved experimental subjects of the so-called “father of gynecology,” J. Marion Sims.

Michelle L. Browder (with Deborah Shedrick), Mothers of Gynecology, 2021, found metal objects and other media, roughly 15 feet high
(Mission for More Up campus Montgomery, Alabama, © Michelle L. Browder)

speakers: Michelle Browder and Dr. Beth Harris

THE MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY MONUMENT