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.
- Article
Blood
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
- 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
Heating up and drying out
Menopause doesn’t have to signify old age, but when your body feels like it’s letting you down, it’s hard not to believe that your useful life may be over.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
UwKwk: HRT and Cervical Cancer Prevention
Date: 1997Reference: SA/WHL/23/32/32Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence - General Meeting and Executive Committee
Date: 6 Mar 1964Reference: SA/CMO/C/69Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Vane, Sir John Robert (1927-2004)
Vane, John R.Date: 1946-1984Reference: PP/JRV- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0001057 - C0001079
Date: 1999Reference: WT/B/11/1/28Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
'Carcino-mycin'
Date: Dec 1937-Aug 1951Reference: SA/CRC/N.11Part of: Cancer Research Campaign, formerly British Empire Cancer Campaign