Stories
- Article
Wonder Woman’s wonder women
Discover more about the women who inspired an icon: Wonder Woman’s story of bondage, bracelets and birth control.
- Article
NHS strikes and the decade of discontent
When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.
- 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
Leaving Mexico and finding refuge in hope
In Mexico, violence of all kinds – organised, street, domestic – is accepted as normal. From the UK, Laura Morales speaks out and fights to help those suffering back home.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Notices of...Overtime Employment of Women and Young Persons over 16"
Date: 18 April 1939 - 8 October 1951Reference: WF/CW/03/11Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
"Women and Privatisation. School Meals in Haringey". A campaign strategy for school meals and women's jobs based around a radical food policy - with funding from the London Food Commission
Date: 1985-1986Reference: PP/TLA/C/3/2Part of: Archive of Professor Tim Lang- Archives and manuscripts
NHS reforms; NHS Consultants' Association
Date: Nov 1982 - Jun 1987Reference: PP/WDS/F.1/3Part of: Wendy Savage: archives (1935-)- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Women's Federation
Medical Womens' FederationDate: 1879-1988Reference: SA/MWF- Books
Women and families : an oral history, 1940-1970 / Elizabeth Roberts.
Roberts, Elizabeth, 1936-Date: 1995