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The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.

HIV & AIDS : information about mothers and children with HIV infection / written by Rosie Claxton for the Terrence Higgins Trust.

A man administers a clyster to a greedy little boy who is laying across his mothers lap, his two siblings watch the scene with amusement. Engraving by J. Ouvrier after J.E. Schenau.

The funeral of Mrs Susannah Wesley at Bunhill Fields, the Methodist cemetery: a key to the identities of the mourners. Etching.

Solomon judges the case of the two harlots and their babies. Line engraving by J. Eisenhardt, 1847, after E. von Steinle.

The mother of Moses sadly abandons her child by the river Nile. Etching by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall after N. Poussin, 1654.

Elijah restores the widow's son to his mother, who greets him with open arms. Drawing by R.T. Bone, ca. 1811.

A couple in animal skins (Adam and Eve?) journeying with three children after the expulsion. Coloured stipple engraving.

A fashionable mother wearing a dress with slits across the breasts in order to feed her baby before she dashes off to the carriage waiting outside. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1796.

A couple looking lovingly and playing with their baby in a happy domestic environment. Etching by T. Rowlandson, 1787.

Ocytocin : birthing the world / Procreate Project.

Feminist review

145 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm.

Birth / edited by Imogen Tyler and Caroline Gatrell ; associate editor: Irene Gedalof.

<p>Sticker issued by London Lesbian Line to publicise its services (support and counselling) in 1992. This one was handed out at the Gay Pride festival on 27 June of that year. There were at least another two similar stickers (two women, one holding a green telephone, the other with a blue cascade and a deaf sign inside it coming from her mouth (indicating speech (EPH589:31) and a black woman sitting at a keyboard (minicom?) EPH589:32). This one shows a woman (mother?) and young girl using a public phone box.</p>

Homosexuality ephemera : Support groups. Box 2.

London Lesbian Line : funded by London Boroughs Grants Committee... : 071 251 6911, minicom 071 253 0924.

18 unnumbered pages : black and white illustrations ; 22cm

Mom has cancer and she is dying.

<p>This autobiographical help guide is to encourage women who are struggling with infertility to not give up on their dreams to be mothers. Coupling her own infertility journey with that of practical advice and guidance, the author shows that just because the journey may be long and treacherous doesn't mean God isn't growing you to be the best mother you can be for future children.</p>

I still want to be a mom : an inspirational guide to help women struggling with infertility / Shara Hutchinson.

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Ocytocin : birthing the world / Procreate Project.

Birth / edited by Imogen Tyler and Caroline Gatrell ; associate editor: Irene Gedalof.

London Lesbian Line : funded by London Boroughs Grants Committee... : 071 251 6911, minicom 071 253 0924.

Mom has cancer and she is dying.

I still want to be a mom : an inspirational guide to help women struggling with infertility / Shara Hutchinson.

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Mothers

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Catalogue

Ocytocin : birthing the world / Procreate Project.

Birth / edited by Imogen Tyler and Caroline Gatrell ; associate editor: Irene Gedalof.

London Lesbian Line : funded by London Boroughs Grants Committee... : 071 251 6911, minicom 071 253 0924.

Mom has cancer and she is dying.

I still want to be a mom : an inspirational guide to help women struggling with infertility / Shara Hutchinson.

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