#pmddawarenesschallenge Day 27: PMDD Remembrance Day. April 27th is a day of remembering folks who PMDD led to their premature death. I do not have names or stories directly related to share. So instead, I will give remembrance to Anarcha, Betsey, Lucy, and the unnamed 9 other enslaved African women that were experimented on, without anastasia, by Dr. J. Marion Sims to unlock the secrets of female anatomy. Sims became "the Father of Gynecology" for exploiting the bodies and lack of rights of these women. Yes, his findings have gone on to save countless women, but the medical rape and misogynoir perpetrated here is part of the story of those advancements, and needs to receive wider awareness. For more information and context: Remembering Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey: The Mothers of Modern Gynecology https://www.npr.org/2017/02/07/513764158/remembering-anarcha-lucy-and-betsey-the-mothers-of-modern-gynecology Remembering Anarcha, Betsey and Lucy: February 28 to March 1 https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/remembering-anarcha-betsey-and-lucy-february-28-to-march-1 Black Subjectivity and the Origins of American Gynecology https://www.aaihs.org/black-subjectivity-and-the-origins-of-american-gynecology/ The More Up Campus https://www.anarchalucybetsey.org/ Image credit: Robert Thom, “Illustration of Dr. J. Marion Sims with Anarcha ,” Young American Republic, accessed April 27, 2021, http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/youngamerica/items/show/123. https://www.instagram.com/p/COL1d-Ehb7_/?igshid=s6jkwbecl72k
