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.
- Article
Why are women more willing donors than men?
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?
- Article
What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Pregnancy - general
Date: 1976 - 1999Reference: SA/FPA/C/E/16/3/13Part of: Family Planning Association- Archives and manuscripts
Ewan, Elizabeth, Innes, Sue and Reynolds, Sian (Eds) - The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
Date: 2006Reference: DGH1/10/1/16Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Women's Federation
Medical Womens' FederationDate: 1879-1988Reference: SA/MWF- Archives and manuscripts
Pregnancy Counselling and Abortion Service (formerly Day Care Abortion Service)
Date: 1977 - 1988Reference: PP/WDS/C.4Part of: Wendy Savage: archives (1935-)- Books
Better services - better working lives : how health and education services are delivering for women / Women & Equality Unit, Cabinet Office.
Date: 2001