The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service

Authors: Kaplan, Laura
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: SOC028000, SOC010000, POL035010
ISBN: 9781524746957, Related ISBNs: 0517193450, 0679420126, 1524746959, 9780517193457, 9780679420125
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 336,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: A compelling testament to a woman's most essential freedom--control over her own body--and to the power of women helping women. Updated with a new preface.

An extraordinary history by one of its members, this is the first account of Jane's evolution, the conflicts within the group, and the impact its work had both on the women it helped and the members themselves.
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