Two elderly women in bed, disturbed from sleep by a nightmare vision of "The monster" (R. Williams), 1790. Drawing.

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; suggesting a cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving, 17--.

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

Inferior : the true power of women and the science that shows it / Angela Saini.

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In our own hands : a book of self-help therapy / Sheila Ernst & Lucy Goodison.

Life without baby : surviving and thriving when motherhood doesn't happen / Lisa Manterfield.

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Women - Psychology

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Inferior : the true power of women and the science that shows it / Angela Saini.

The essential difference : male and female brains and the truth about autism / Simon Baron-Cohen.

Inferior : how science got women wrong - and the new research that's rewriting the story / Angela Saini.

In our own hands : a book of self-help therapy / Sheila Ernst & Lucy Goodison.

Life without baby : surviving and thriving when motherhood doesn't happen / Lisa Manterfield.

Women - Psychology

Images from the collections

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Works from the collections

Inferior : the true power of women and the science that shows it / Angela Saini.

The essential difference : male and female brains and the truth about autism / Simon Baron-Cohen.

Inferior : how science got women wrong - and the new research that's rewriting the story / Angela Saini.

In our own hands : a book of self-help therapy / Sheila Ernst & Lucy Goodison.

Life without baby : surviving and thriving when motherhood doesn't happen / Lisa Manterfield.

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