Jennifer Wright
@JenAshleyWright
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Author of seven pop history books. Married to @kibblesmith. Mom to a toddler. ‘Glitz Glam & A Damn Good Time’ Biography of Mamie Fish On Sale Now from Hachette.
New York
Joined February 2010
‘Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power’ is on sale now from @HachetteUS — here and wherever books are sold:
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the author of Madame Restell and Get Well Soon, a biography of Mamie Fish that explores how women used parties and social gathering...
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Mary Shelly lost her virginity on her mom's grave, facilitated a lesbian wedding, and carried her dead husband’s heart around in a bag, so, yeah, I agree, let’s return to traditional values.
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It was such a treat interviewing my dear friend @jenashleywright for @observer Her new best-selling book, Glitz, Glam and a Damn Good time is laugh out loud funny & pertinent. The last pic is of Jen and me at the Frick and it’s also one of my favorites. https://t.co/OUpTPdhRTt
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Wright draws a tidy line from Newport’s grand soirees to the high gloss of today’s influencer culture, where attention still functions as currency.
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I love doing book reviews for the @nytimes and I especially love it when I get to review something as good as Amanda Vaill’s new biography on the Schuyler sisters. It's a pleasure from start to finish.
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In “Pride and Pleasure,” the biographer Amanda Vaill tells the story of these complex women with warmth, humor and insight.
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"A thoroughly fascinating biography, filled with Vaill’s signature warmth, humor and insight." — @nytimes A stellar review of Amanda Vaill's 'Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution,' which she worked on as a @CullmanNYPL Fellow: https://t.co/ChNMADNref
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In “Pride and Pleasure,” the biographer Amanda Vaill tells the story of these complex women with warmth, humor and insight.
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The plan was clean. The escape? Not so much. Midway City doesn’t play fair. Wishlist this 4-player coop heist FPS on Steam today.
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‘For all of her self-interest and avarice, Madame Restell does seem to have had one great and almost unheard-of quality in a 19th-century abortionist: she did not make a habit of killing her clients.’ Bee Wilson (@kitchenbee), in our new issue: https://t.co/v6g0S16fd6
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For all of her self-interest and avarice, Madame Restell does seem to have had one great and almost unheard-of quality...
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Thank you to the London Review of Books (@LRB) for their write-up of #MadameRestell — "Slangy, but always entertaining" is, indeed, my vibe.
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For all of her self-interest and avarice, Madame Restell does seem to have had one great and almost unheard-of quality...
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Just listened to an interesting @MyFavMurder episode on Madame Restell & comstock act. Definitely not new info! Ep. 439
they had abortion 150 years ago. 250 years ago. 1000 years ago. soranus of ephesus recommended silphium as an abortifacient nearly 2000 years ago. they knew
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they had abortion 150 years ago. 250 years ago. 1000 years ago. soranus of ephesus recommended silphium as an abortifacient nearly 2000 years ago. they knew
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"439 - Snap Of A Bat” On today’s episode, Karen and Georgia cover 19th-century abortionist Madame Restell. https://t.co/7k05Loa7Vf 1. 1870s sketch of Madame Restell 2. One of Madame Restell's ads in the New York Times (1865) 3. Planned Parenthood
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On this episode of Podcast Like It’s Double Features, historian/author @jenashleywright joins @pmiscove to compare/contrast The Handmaid’s Tale + Civil War. We talk about the scary world we live in, and dystopian america on screen and off. https://t.co/DIWChYjY1o
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The paperback of #MadameRestell is out! You can buy it. Or, if Trump wins again, you can live it. I am posing looking sad about this to make it clear I think that would be BAD. Find it here or from your favorite local bookstore: https://t.co/F4cIGv68UO
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Netflix’s ‘Persuasion’ Writer to Adapt Biography of Victorian Abortionist Madame Restell for Just John Films (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/CEjYMyUa4K
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Netflix’s ‘Persuasion’ Writer to Adapt Biography of Victorian Abortionist Madame Restell for Just John Films (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/CEjYMyUa4K
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Just John Films have optioned Jennifer Wright’s biography of Victorian abortionist Madame Restell for series adaptation.
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Some *very* exciting news to share... @JenAshleyWright's MADAME RESTELL was selected as one of Amazon's "Best Books of the Year So Far" in History AND Biographies/Memoirs, and I just couldn't be prouder. CONGRATS JEN!!!!!!!!
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My favorite things about Madame Restell, an abortionist in early 1800's New York, her husband had his own store front that sold the same abortion pills and was never bothered by law, maintaining her cash flow while she was in jail, and she disowned her daughter for marrying a cop
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“But in much of America, the land of the free, you can be forced to give birth.” @JenAshleyWright’s book Madame Restell was a masterpiece. It’s so important for Americans to learn that abortion has ALWAYS existed in America, despite what forced birth advocates claim. 👏
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I'm writing another book! After years of writing about plagues (pre-COVID) and abortion (pre-Dobbs) I'm happy to announce this one is about really fun parties and Mamie Fish, the woman who threw them.
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I heard @JenAshleyWright on the #WITHpod with @chrislhayes and immediately bought the book. It’s a pretty shocking story that I can’t believe (read: I can believe it because this is America) I haven’t heard before. Masterfully written and unfortunately relevant.
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Thrilled to be working once again with editor @carrienap at @HachetteUS and my amazing agent @annasproul. 🎉 📖 #TheFunMaker
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