There is an absence of a definition of torture or other forms of ill-treatment in the Geneva...
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Five of the nine judges at her trial asked that Surratt be granted clemency President Johnson. …the...
Period pains are nothing new, and neither are historical “innovative” suggestions for how to deal with them....
Systemic inequity means women in the U.S. die younger and suffer more than they should. One of...
For centuries women gave birth in the familiar environment of home, surrounded and supported those they knew....
Pregnant people across the country lack access to safe drinking water. When Jamika Jones was pregnant with...
Birth control and substances used to induce abortion were included in the definition “obscenity.” How ‘Obscene’ In...
A growing industry expands its reach but leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and heartbroken. Introduction Amanda...
Everything changed in 1920 following implementation of the Volstead Act. When everyone around you is breaking the...
Women were not allowed to attend the institutionalized rungs on the educational ladder. Introduction In many ways...
In Victorian England, there was a widely accepted conservative ideology of social roles and activities for women....
Mesopotamian society, like any other, was hierarchical and divided five classes. Introduction The lives of women in ancient Mesopotamia cannot be...
Religious voters are motivated by the argument abortion funded with tax dollars makes them complicit in sin....
Diving into the disparity between how women were viewed in Medieval society. Introduction Throughout the Medieval period,...
Evidence about the roles and tasks of females who were slaves, servants, or non-family members of the...
The women who witnessed her spectacular rise and dramatic fall are often reduced to footnotes in history....
The Gallera or women’s prison was devised in the 17th century. By Dr. D. José Luis de...
Ancient civilizations such as Greece, Rome, or Assyria did not consider the fetus to be alive and...
Most (61%) of the public says they want their state to guarantee access to abortion. Following the...
“Cesarian section” has meant different things to different people at different times. By Dr. Jane Eliot SewellLate...
Multiple GOP-led states have implemented their own abortion bans or restrictions. By Olafimihan Oshin Former Vice President Mike...
Victorian Americans, like us, spent a lot of time thinking about how to not get pregnant. By...
So much for the old GOP “it should be decided by the states” song and dance. Republican...
A review of the gender role of women in Egypt from the Ancient to the Coptic period....
Medieval women were seen as a threatening force and described often in popular press as monstrous creatures....
It was thanks to her engineering and programming expertise that Apollo 11 was able to land on...
Classical Antiquity saw the terms gynecology and obstetrics come into use. Introduction Childbirth and obstetrics in Classical...
Human embryos are far more likely to die than come to term, an evolutionary trait seen across...
How the visual representations of maternal Mary serve as a powerful guide to understanding her central role...
Pregnancy and understanding of what it meant to be healthy in early modern England. Abstract For a...