The wise wound : menstruation and everywoman / Penelope Shuttle & Peter Redgrove ; foreword by Margaret Drabble.

London : Paladin Grafton Books, 1986.

365 pages ; 20 cm

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

New rev. ed.

"First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1978"--Title page verso.

"On first publication this groundbreaking study of the facts, fantasies and taboos surrounding menstruation helped bring about a profound shift in attitudes towards a natural phenomenon that has been dispised and denigrated for centuries. The wise wound explores the historical and cultural legacy of this repression, from it's effects on the way medicine treats women to the displaced appearane of menstural imagery at all levels of our culture"--back cover.

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.

Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: N.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index.