Happy Wednesday! A couple of weeks ago, I started a NEW series of posting interesting old newspaper clips. The first article was about how a young girl chloroformed her family of six in order to get away and elope with a man. (Link to that article here). Doesn’t this one have a very similar theme?
The story turns very sad. Apparently, the marriage to Mr. Clark didn’t last, because her obituary 5 years later names her as Miss Beulah Mae Pope, and her death certificate says she was divorced. Her cause of death was an infected abortion. So sad!
I’m grateful young women have more opportunities today than they did 100 years ago! I hope you have a good day and get to learn or do something NEW today!
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Sources: Amarillo Globe, Amarillo, Texas, Tuesday, 2 February 1937, Page 1, Newspapers.com;
Obituary source: Amarillo Daily News, Amarillo Texas, Friday 16 January 1942, Page 9, Newspapers.com.
Death Certificate source: Buelah Mae Pope, Texas, US. Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Ancestry.com.
These sorts of things are so sad and mind-boggling, Lenore.
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There is so much here. What an emotional series of events in this poor woman’s life. I’m glad you ended it with a note that we have better opportunities for healthcare these days. But sadly, our country has drastically reverted in many places. In Idaho, my home state, abortion is now illegal, and any health care providers who provide information or assistance regarding abortions – even if it will protect the life of the mother – will be arrested. It has caused an exodus of OB doctors from the state. I had two abortions in my life. The first, was when I was a stupid 19 year old, and poor, and living alone and the father was a married man who was about to move out of the country with his family. I got that abortion in Idaho. I am incredibly grateful for not being trapped in poverty and lack of education as I would have been if I had been forced to have that unwanted child. As you can imagine, this is a topic I am fiercely passionate about, as the access to this kind of health care pretty much saved my life as it is – twice.
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