Stories
- Article
Blood money: Taking periods out of poverty
Periods are not a wound that needs to heal, nor is the blood a sign of injury. So why are we still so repelled by them?
- Article
The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
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Rag mags and monthly issues: Five period zines to stop you seeing red
Using humour, personal experience and political activism to explore the bloody reality of menstruation.
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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.
Catalogue
- Books
Our bodies, ourselves : a book by and for women / the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Date: [1976], ©1976- Archives and manuscripts
KykChl: Breast Cancer and Tamoxifen - Prevention
Date: 1996-1998Reference: SA/WHL/14/40/13Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
Be: Motherhood & Pregnancy - Women with Disabilities
Date: 1984-2001Reference: SA/WHL/2/6Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
Jc: Traditional - Indigenous Medicine
Date: 1997-1998Reference: SA/WHL/13/2Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Archives and manuscripts
Kvw: Endometriosis - Young Women
Date: 1992-1995Reference: SA/WHL/14/37/27Part of: Women's Health Library: archive