Stories
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Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
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Thousands of years of women’s pain
Even in the 21st century, women with severe monthly pain find their suffering minimised or dismissed by the medical profession. Such pain is seen as simply a natural part of being female.
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The hidden history of homesickness
Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
Catalogue
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Das Weib in der Natur- und Völkerkunde : anthropologische Studien / von H. Ploss.
Ploss Hermann Heinrich, 1819-1885.Date: 1885- Books
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Das Weib in der Natur- und Völkerkunde : anthropologische Studien / von H. Ploss.
Ploss Hermann Heinrich, 1819-1885.Date: 1887- Books
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Medical women : a thesis and a history / by Sophia Jex-Blake.
Jex-Blake, Sophia, 1840-1912.Date: 1886- Books
Women in the history of science : a sourcebook / edited by Hannah Wills, Sadie Harrison, Erika Jones, Farrah Lawrence-Mackey and Rebecca Martin.
Date: 2023- Books
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Letters on the intellectual and moral character of women : on the station for which they are destined, on the characters they are qualified to sustain, and on the duties they are required to discharge, both in private and social life / addressed to the ladies of Great Britain by the author of "An essay on original genius", and of "The history of Rhedi, the hermit of Mount Ararat".
Date: 1807