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Day 677

J. Marion Sims

November 6th, 2013

Once "portrayed as a champion of women's health", this 19th-century "father of modern gynecology" has in recent decades become a controversial figure for his practice of performing experimental surgery on enslaved black women.

I'm walking every street in New York City.

This is the counterpoint to my walk across the US. Instead of seeing a million places for just a minute each, I'm going to spend a million minutes exploring just one place. By the time I finish walking every block of every street in all five boroughs, I'll have traveled more than 8,000 miles on foot — all within a single city. Details!

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J. Marion Sims

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