Stories
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Witches
Many of the women persecuted as witches in the 16th-century “witch craze” were over 50 and exhibited signs of menopause. Helen Foster suggests that the stigma of the wicked witch still affects older women and how they deal with menopause.
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Hysteria
Mental health and emotional symptoms are common during menopause, but a long history of dismissing sufferers as 'hysterical women', at the mercy of their emotions has made it much harder to discuss these issues and to get support.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Sir Michael Foster
Date: mid 19th century - late 19th centuryReference: PP/ESS/B.5-6Part of: Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850-1935)- Pictures
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Sir Michael Foster. Photograph.
Reference: 12740i- Pictures
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Sir Michael Foster. Photograph.
Reference: 12738i- Pictures
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Sir Michael Foster. Photograph.
Reference: 12739i- Archives and manuscripts
Foster, Sir Michael (1836-1907)
Foster, Sir Michael, 1836-1907Date: 1881Reference: MS.2417