17 January 2017

Kate McCormick (1854-1875)

Kate McCormick
Seduced and pregnant by her father's friend
Unwed, she died from abortion, her only choice.
Abandoned in life and death by family.
With but a single rose from her mother.
Buried only through the kindness of unknown benefactors.
 Died Feb.1875 [sic] age 21.
Victim of an unforgiving society
Have mercy on us. 
Res ipsa loquitur.  Details at Amusing (!) Planet.

4 comments:

  1. BarbwireJanuary 17, 2017 at 3:18 PM

    How tragic! And how kind of someone to make her this memorial.

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  2. R.M.January 21, 2017 at 11:17 AM

    It took us a century after this to legally prevent this outcome, and maybe now we will return to this tragedy once again.

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  3. JonoJanuary 22, 2017 at 11:19 AM

    So many want us to go back to that time. So tragic.

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  4. RichardJanuary 29, 2017 at 6:02 PM

    We will NOT go back to that time.I sit here weeping for this tragedy.

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