Stories
- 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
Crones
Menopause can be tough when nobody talks about it and all the stereotypes are negative, but it can also be transformative, marking the start of a new stage of life - cronehood.
- Article
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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Invisibility
Why do menopausal women feel invisible? Because nobody talks about menopause or because society doesn't value older women?
Catalogue
- Books
Oral history and the history of learning disability / Jan Walmsley and Dorothy Atkinson.
Walmsley, Jan.Date: 2000- Journals
Oral history.
Date: [1970]-- Archives and manuscripts
Oral history administration
Date: 1995-2010Reference: SA/PHY/P/2/1/4Part of: The Physiological Society- Archives and manuscripts
Oral history of the Wellcome Foundation Ltd. and Burroughs Wellcome Company: business
Date: 2001-2003Reference: WF/M/AV/O/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Oral history of the Wellcome Foundation Ltd. and Burroughs Wellcome Company
Date: 1997-2001Reference: WF/M/AV/O/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd