Stories
- Article
Do good mothers make good democracy?
To be psychologically fit for democracy, one distinguished paediatrician argued that you need a ‘good enough mother’ – and that we must acknowledge the bad side of our feelings.
- 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
Disturbed minds and disruptive bodies
Prison officers tried to regulate women’s minds and bodies and maintain a new disciplinary routine in the second half of the 1800s.
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
'Mother-infant tie'
Date: 1958-1960Reference: PP/BOW/F.3/15Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
`Mother-infant interaction and the development of competence' with Silvia M Bell
Date: 1974Reference: PP/BOW/J.1/37Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
`Mother-infant interaction and the development of competence' with Silvia M Bell
Date: c.1974Reference: PP/BOW/J.1/36Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
Harry F Harlow `Mother-infant interactions of monkeys', synopsis of a paper for the Tavistock Study Group on Mother-Infant Interaction
Date: 1961Reference: PP/BOW/J.9/92Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)- Archives and manuscripts
Joyce Robertson, `Mother-infant interaction from birth to nine months: two case studies'
Date: 1963Reference: PP/BOW/J.6/25Part of: Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)