Press photographs relating to the sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt

Name/Title

Press photographs relating to the sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt

Entry/Object ID

2026.24.1

Scope and Content

Press photographs relating to the sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt

Context

When inventor Peter Cooper Hewitt died, his estate was worth $10M. His wife, in an attempt to steal her daughter's portion of the inheritance - had her condemned to Dante Sanitorium and sterilized without her consent.

Collection

Turn Of The Century Electrotherapy Museum

Category

Vacuum Discharge Tubes

Acquisition

Accession

2026.24

Acquisition Method

Purchase