The ocean could not be swept back with a broom. The truth was out and it illuminated the world. (Margaret Sanger to Madame Restell)

Back row, middle, black and white marbled ceramic vessel
Abortifacients- Madame Restell, Maragret Sanger- birth control, lunar pills, early ways to regulate and induce menstruation involved taking doses of these herbs
Foxglove -salubrity, youth, a wish
Rue- grace, purification, disdain, morality
Tansy- resistance
Hellebore -folly, calumny, scandal