Lydia Pinkham Summary

Lydia Estes Pinkham 1819-1883 American feminist who manufactured a home remedy for female reproductive pain that earned millions of dollars. In 1875 Pinkham began marketing her Vegetable Compound, con... Read more

As her family was struggling to make ends meet, a few women stopped by the kitchen of Lydia Pinkham (1819-1883) and offered to pay cash for some of her homemade herbal medicine. That visit steered the... Read more