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A man reads a book while his wife cuts his toenails. Coloured etching after G. Piattoli, c. 1800.

A woman patient at a spa is told by her doctor that the treatment for her fertility might be helped by the presence of a 'diverting friend' - i.e. him. Lithograph by M. Stephane, c. 1896.

A woman tells her friend how she pretended to be poor and got free accommodation at the Hospital Lariboisière for 40 days. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

Le vaccin.

A physician molests a young lady. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

A nurse is cajoled by a director. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

A naked woman lies stretched out on the doctor's couch; she has swallowed a two sou piece; with two other scenes. Photomechanical reproduction, 1910.

A politician out canvassing curses himself for climbing six floors to the room of an impoverished mother and her young offspring, none of whom are electorally valuable. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1901.

Breasts across motherhood : lived experiences and critical examinations / edited by Patricia Drew and Rosann Edwards.

Silent sisterhood : middle class women in the Victorian home / Patricia Branca.

Our changing morality : a symposium / edited by Freda Kirchwey.

City women : money, sex, and the social order in early modern London / Eleanor Hubbard.

Studies in the history of feminism (1850s-1930s) / by the Fawcett Library Feminist History Class 1981-82 ; edited by Sally Alexander.

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Women - Social conditions

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Images about Women - Social conditions

Works from the collections

Breasts across motherhood : lived experiences and critical examinations / edited by Patricia Drew and Rosann Edwards.

Silent sisterhood : middle class women in the Victorian home / Patricia Branca.

Our changing morality : a symposium / edited by Freda Kirchwey.

City women : money, sex, and the social order in early modern London / Eleanor Hubbard.

Studies in the history of feminism (1850s-1930s) / by the Fawcett Library Feminist History Class 1981-82 ; edited by Sally Alexander.

Women - Social conditions

Images from the collections

Images about Women - Social conditions

Works from the collections

Breasts across motherhood : lived experiences and critical examinations / edited by Patricia Drew and Rosann Edwards.

Silent sisterhood : middle class women in the Victorian home / Patricia Branca.

Our changing morality : a symposium / edited by Freda Kirchwey.

City women : money, sex, and the social order in early modern London / Eleanor Hubbard.

Studies in the history of feminism (1850s-1930s) / by the Fawcett Library Feminist History Class 1981-82 ; edited by Sally Alexander.

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