J. C. Hallman on Say Anarcha
b'For more than a century, Dr. J. Marion Sims was hailed as the \\u201cfather of modern gynecology.\\u201d He founded a hospital in New York City and had a profitable career treating gentry and royalty in Europe, becoming one of the world\\u2019s first celebrity surgeons. Statues were built in his honor, but he wasn\\u2019t the hero he had made himself appear to be.\\u2028\\u2028Sims\\u2019s greatest medical claim was the result of several years of experimental surgeries\\u2014without anesthesia\\u2014on a young enslaved woman known as Anarcha; his so-called cure for obstetric fistula forever altered the path of women\\u2019s health.\\nJoin us when author J. C. Hallman Sexcavates history, deconstructing the biographical smoke screen of a surgeon who has falsely been enshrined as a medical pioneer and bringing forth a heroic Black woman to her rightful place at the center of the creation story of modern women\\u2019s health care.'