Stories
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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.
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The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
- 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.
Catalogue
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A tabulation of the factory laws of European countries in so far as they relate to the hours of labour, and to special legislation for women, young persons, and children / by Emma Brooke.
Brooke, Emma Frances.Date: 1898- Books
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Transactions of the National Association on Social Science : Conference on Temperance Legislation, London, 1886.
Date: 1886- Books
Three studies of abortion laws in the Commonwealth / by Mostyn P. Embrey [and others].
Date: [1977?]- Books
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The housing handbook / by W. Thompson. A practical manual for the use of officers, members, and committees of local authorities, ministers of religion, members of Parliament and all social or municipal reformers interested in the housing of the working classes.
Thompson, W., of Surrey.Date: 1903- Journals
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Medical law review
Date: ©1993-