Stories
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
- Article
The search for a cure for endometriosis
Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.
- Article
We need less ‘sickle cell warriors’ and more allies
Rejecting the epithet “warrior”, Cheryl Telfer describes the pervasive effect sickle cell disease has on her life, and calls for more people to donate blood to help sicklers.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Pt: Pregnancy Complications
Date: 1995-2005Reference: SA/WHL/18/12Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
PtKpe: Pregnancy Complications - Asthma
Date: 1998-2005Reference: SA/WHL/18/18Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
PtChj: Pregnancy Complications and DES
Date: 1980-1990Reference: SA/WHL/18/13Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
PtKrw: Pregnancy Complications - Skin Problems
Date: 1997Reference: SA/WHL/18/19Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
PtKwk: Pregnancy Complications & Cervical Cancer
Date: 1996Reference: SA/WHL/18/23Part of: Women's Health Library: archive