Unterzakhn (Underwear) - Leela Corman (2012) Schoken 

A graphic novel about the lives of two girls growing up in the early part of the 20th century in New York.  The story follows them through learning life's lessons along different paths.  One becomes a women's rights advocate, discreetly helping women who do not want to be pregnant (providing 'sheaths' was illegal), the other becomes a prostitute and then a stage star.  The ending is tragic, with the death of the advocate in child birth, leaving her childless sister to raise the girl.