Stories
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Revelations of blindness in the Middle Ages
Medieval texts, from Islamic medical treatises to Christian books of miracles, reveal surprisingly varied and complex experiences of blindness. But when medieval scholar Jude Seal experienced visual impairment themselves, they gained an even deeper understanding of the lives they were studying.
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The girl with no name
When a now anonymous teenager sold her tooth for transplant, she couldn’t have predicted that she’d end up at the heart of a troubling story about 18th-century beauty ideals.
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Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
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How the mental health system fails Black people
Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.
Catalogue
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Silent sisterhood : middle class women in the Victorian home / Patricia Branca.
Branca, Patricia.Date: [1977], ©1977- Books
Family fortunes : men and women of the English middle class, 1780-1850 / Leonore Davidoff and Catherine Hall.
Davidoff, Leonore.Date: [1987], ©1987- Books
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Managing gender : the state, the new middle class and women workers, 1830-1930 / Desley Deacon.
Deacon, DesleyDate: [1989], ©1989- Books
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The making of the Jewish middle class : women, family, and identity in Imperial Germany / Marion A. Kaplan.
Kaplan, Marion ADate: 1991- Books
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Being Israeli : the dynamics of multiple citizenship / Gershon Shafir, Yoav Peled.
Shafir, GershonDate: 2002