Stories
- Article
What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
- Book extract
Dangers inside and out
Eimear McBride reflects on the deadly consequences of misogyny in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard and argues why advising women to simply “stay indoors” is wrong.
- Article
Bleeding healthy
For thousands of years, and in many different cultures, people have practised bloodletting for health and medical reasons. Julia Nurse explains where and when bleeding was used, how it was done, and why.
- Article
The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Boston Women's Health Collective resource pack, no 13
Date: 1977Reference: SA/NCT/B/1/7/3/9/2Part of: National Childbirth Trust (NCT)- Archives and manuscripts
Boston Women's Health Collective resource pack, no 27
Date: 1981Reference: SA/NCT/B/1/7/3/9/3Part of: National Childbirth Trust (NCT)- Archives and manuscripts
Boston Women's Health Collective resource pack, no 12
Date: 1977Reference: SA/NCT/B/1/7/3/9/1Part of: National Childbirth Trust (NCT)- Books
Our bodies, ourselves : a book by and for women / the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Date: [1976], ©1976- Archives and manuscripts
Boston Women's Health Collective resource packs
Date: 1977-1981Reference: SA/NCT/B/1/7/3/9Part of: National Childbirth Trust (NCT)