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#5.6: Ann Cooper Hewitt, the "Unfit" Heiress
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This week (another listener recommendation), Syd and Jess are here to tell you the tragic story of heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt, who woke up from what she thought was a routine appendectomy to hear the nurses tell her mother that she "didn't suspect a thing." Scandal, rumors, and forced sterilization - this week's story is about one woman who took her mother to court over what she said was a greedy attempt to steal Ann's inheritance.
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Sources for this episode:
https://bookshop.org/books/the-unfit-heiress-the-tragic-life-and-scandalous-sterilization-of-ann-cooper-hewitt/9781538753354
https://www.grunge.com/625076/the-tragic-true-story-of-heiress-ann-cooper-hewitt/
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a35597816/ann-cooper-hewitt-unfit-heiress-audrey-clare-farley-excerpt/
https://nypost.com/2021/04/19/the-shocking-story-behind-nycs-cooper-hewitt-family/
https://msmagazine.com/2021/04/20/the-tragic-life-and-scandalous-sterilization-of-ann-cooper-hewitt/
https://crimereads.com/how-one-womans-forced-sterilization-led-to-a-mayhem-charge-and-exposed-a-secret-world-of-medical-atrocities/
https://narratively.com/the-curious-case-of-the-socialite-who-sterilized-her-daughter/
https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-165-unfit/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales
License code: ZQGXUZWNXEBLK6Y0
116 episodes
Manage episode 341114435 series 3362930
This week (another listener recommendation), Syd and Jess are here to tell you the tragic story of heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt, who woke up from what she thought was a routine appendectomy to hear the nurses tell her mother that she "didn't suspect a thing." Scandal, rumors, and forced sterilization - this week's story is about one woman who took her mother to court over what she said was a greedy attempt to steal Ann's inheritance.
If you want to help us grow, subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcast fix!
Sources for this episode:
https://bookshop.org/books/the-unfit-heiress-the-tragic-life-and-scandalous-sterilization-of-ann-cooper-hewitt/9781538753354
https://www.grunge.com/625076/the-tragic-true-story-of-heiress-ann-cooper-hewitt/
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a35597816/ann-cooper-hewitt-unfit-heiress-audrey-clare-farley-excerpt/
https://nypost.com/2021/04/19/the-shocking-story-behind-nycs-cooper-hewitt-family/
https://msmagazine.com/2021/04/20/the-tragic-life-and-scandalous-sterilization-of-ann-cooper-hewitt/
https://crimereads.com/how-one-womans-forced-sterilization-led-to-a-mayhem-charge-and-exposed-a-secret-world-of-medical-atrocities/
https://narratively.com/the-curious-case-of-the-socialite-who-sterilized-her-daughter/
https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-165-unfit/
Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales
License code: ZQGXUZWNXEBLK6Y0
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