Mamie Cadden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mamie Cadden

Irish murderer

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1891

Place of Birth: Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1959

Profession: midwife

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Mary Anne "Mamie" Cadden (27 October 1891 – 20 April 1959) was an Irish midwife, backstreet abortionist, and convicted murderer.
She was born 27 October 1891 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, US to the Irish parents of Patrick and Mary Cadden.
In 1895, Cadden and her family returned to Ireland in County Mayo, where she completed years of schooling.
Once she obtained her spot on the list of licensed midwives in Dublin, she opened a series of maternity nursing homes to aid women with health issues and to perform illegal abortions.
After a series of criminal convictions, Cadden lost her status as a licensed midwife.
In 1944, Cadden was charged and convicted for the murder of 33 year old Helen O'Reilly.
She was sentenced to life in prison, and after a year at Mountjoy prison, she was declared insane and moved to the criminal lunatic asylum Dundrum, where she died of a heart attack on 20 April 1959.
Although many people committed backstreet abortions during the period of Cadden's life, Cadden was the only person in Ireland to be sentenced to the death penalty for a maternal death occurring as a result of an abortion.
As the most notorious Irish abortionist, the term 'Nurse Cadden' has become synonymous with evil.