The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt Free Audiobook Download by Audrey Clare Farley


The Unfit Heiress, by Audrey Clare Farley, is a biography of Ann Cooper Hewitt, an heiress who grew up in privilege and had access to the best doctors and schools but was not able. The author, herself a socialite, explores how upbringing and society influenced those around her. She also explores what led to the final decision of Ann Cooper to be sterilized at a young age.

The Unfit Heiress tells the first-person story of Ann Cooper Hewitt, who was born in 1874 and succumbed to mental illness in 1930. She was a wealthy heiress in her early life, and made a fortune marrying three times to prominent men. Along with these marriages came three children, but she eventually became unable to take care of herself or even recognize her family members. Eventually, the courts found that she was "unfit" to be in society and had her sterilized by doctors without any consent from her; the story of how she reacted is a shocking one.

In this scandalous novel, a woman finds herself pregnant and unwed. She decides to seek the help of a doctor, who tells her that she is not fit to parent and as such has her sterilized. This novel tells the story of how Ann Cooper Hewitt spends a lot of time in court refusing to be sterilized and how she becomes an unfit heiress.

In the late 1800s, wealthy U.S. heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt was a bright young woman with a promising future. After an unsuccessful marriage at 17, she sought to remain chaste and devoted herself to philanthropy and social work. But it wasn't long until her personal life became a tempest of scandal when she became pregnant four times in two years by four different men — most notably American suffragette Marguerite Durand, who had been conducting a long-term affair with Ann's father Carl. The scandals that followed would culminate in the highly publicized sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt by her own mother after the child was born in 1892.

The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt is a non-fiction audiobook. This book is about an American woman, Ann Cooper Hewitt, who had progressive cancer that crippled her. She was in great pain and wanted to end her suffering. Her mother, who was also ill with cancer, convinced her to have a hysterectomy and sterilization to end the struggle with cancer in their family.

In this novel, Audrey Clare Farley imagines the story of Ann Cooper Hewitt. This heiress was born in 1881 and lived on the Upper East Side of New York City. She attended school with other wealthy children who called her "Hewitt's Heiress." In 1907, she became engaged to a wealthy Brooklyn lawyer. However, in 1911, she met a man named Joseph Rosenfeld and fell in love with him even though he was Jewish. This was against her family's wishes because they were afraid that she would leave them for good once she married. The engagement to Mr. Rosenfeld never happened because Ann had a mental breakdown after learning about her impending sterilization surgery.

Published Date 2021-04-20
Duration 8 hours 2 minutes
Author Audrey Clare Farley
Narrated Lisa Flanagan
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Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Biography & Memoir
Parent Category Women, Arts & Entertainment, North America

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