#5.6: Ann Cooper Hewitt, the "Unfit" Heiress

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/

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