Each woman’s story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death. Women’s Stories
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All Deaths by Name

• Helen Imhoff February 3, 1912 Age: 37
  • Doctor and midwife indicted; no trial
• Grace Iorio June 14, 1930 Age: 27
  • Midwife acquitted for reason not noted in source
• Myrtle L. Irish, May, 1913 Nora Springs, IA
  • Popular physician indicted, acquitted for reasons not indicated
• Bertha Isserstadt August 14, 1908 Age: 23
  • Possible lay abortionist; no trial
• Mary Ives August 7, 1983 Age: 28
  • Unspecified provider and method, 19 weeks pregnant, died from embolism

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