Stories
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Families fighting for justice
In 1962 a group of parents whose children had been affected by thalidomide began a decades-long battle in the law courts, the media and Parliament in order to win fair justice for all thalidomide survivors.
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The unexpected parallels between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Wellcome Collection
With the news of a sequel in development, Russell Dornan explores parallels between ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and Wellcome Collection.
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Rediscovering Margaret Louden, a forgotten NHS hero
Bored during lockdown, David Jesudason started bin diving at night. Then a chance discovery set him on a new path: to tell the story of a forgotten female surgeon.
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Nurturing my autistic, gender-questioning child
As mother of an autistic child who questions her gender, Jude Lax describes cherishing her growing daughter as she explores her identity.
Catalogue
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Report of the Cripples' Home and Industrial School for Girls Northumberland House, 19a, Marylebone Road. (near Marylebone Church). 1910 / [Cripples' Home and Industrial School for Girls].
Cripples' Home and Industrial School for GirlsDate: 1910- Books
Bad girls at Samarcand : sexuality and sterilization in a southern juvenile reformatory / Karin L. Zipf.
Zipf, Karin L., 1968-Date: [2016]- Ephemera
Welfare and orphanages ephemera. Box 1.
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Some account of the institution and management of the School of Industry, in Sheffield, for Poor Girls.
Date: 1799- Ephemera
Disability : organisations & services ephemera. Box 2.