Stories
- Article
The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
- In pictures
Fraught fertility and making royal babies
Producing a male heir has been seen for centuries as a queen’s most important role. Here Estelle Paranque explores the lives of four queens whose route to royal motherhood was far from smooth.
- In pictures
Relieving suburban stress in the 1950s
The ‘perfect’ wife. Her stressed-out husband. And the demands of the idealised suburban life in 1950s America. Fortunately, a new Pfizer tranquilliser could calm things down for everyone.
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Caring for our Disabled daughter in lockdown
Jane Holmes talks about the challenges of caring for her Disabled daughter while working and trying to stay safe during the pandemic.
Catalogue
- Books
Husbands, wives and pregnancy : a handbook for expectant fathers / by William H. Genné.
Genné, William H.Date: 1957- Pictures
Husbands bringing their ugly wives to a windmill, to be transformed into beautiful ones. Engraving, ca 1650.
Date: 1600-1699Reference: 26373i- Student dissertations
Husbands, wives and prostitutes : how and why did "syphilis and marriage" emerge as a problem in the nineteenth century venereology? / by Laura Bond.
Bond, Laura.Date: [2010]- Books
- Online
Disputatio medica inauguralis de mensibus eorumque emansione / [William Husbands].
Husbands, William.Date: 1805- Archives and manuscripts
To Husbands and Fathers (Association of Maternity and Child Welfare Centres)
Date: 1931Reference: SA/HVA/D.8/5Part of: Health Visitors' Association