A History of Women in 100 Objects by Andrews, Maggie -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction Part I: The Body, Motherhood and Sexuality

1 The Bones of Lucy 2 Venus of Willendorf 3 London Foundling Hospital Token 4 Terracotta Baby Feeder 5 Postcards of Hottentot Venus 6 Early Twentieth-Century Medical Vibrator 7 Sanitary Towels 8 Powick Asylum Patients’ Notes, Volume 19 9 Chinese Baby Sling 10 Lucy Baldwin Apparatus for Obstetric Analgesia 11 The Shoreditch Sisters’ Vulva Quilt 12 Date Rape Warning Poster

Part II: Wives and Homemakers

13 Terracotta Figures 14 Scold’s Bridle 15 Taj Mahal 16 Hogarth’s Gin Lane 17 Meissen Box with Portrait of Lady Caroline Fox 18 Newspaper Report of a Wife Sale 19 Mrs Fawcett’s Bag 20 Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management 21 The War Widows’ Pension Form 22 First World War Canadian Canning Machine 23 Women’s Aid Slogan 24 Porthleven Website Advert for a Food Bank 25 The Barclaycard 26 Suffragette Teacups and Saucers

Part III: Science, Technology and Medicine

27 Grecian Vase Showing Women Spinning 28 Roman Tap from Pompeii 29 Eighteenth-Century Obstetric Forceps 30 The Sewing Machine 31 Marie Curie’s Desk 32 Mary Anning’s Fossil of Plesiosaurus 33 The Washing Dolly 34 Quarter-Plate Cameo Camera 35 The Electric Fridge 36 The Ekco SH25 Wireless 37 The Contraceptive Pill

Part IV: Fashions and Costumes

38 Bronze Age Cosmetic Box 39 The White Veil in Iran 40 Joanne Stoker Red Shoes 41 The Corset 42 Queen Victoria’s White Wedding Dress 43 Tsarina Alexandra Romanov’s Emerald and Diamond Tiara 44 Lady Curzon’s Peacock Dress 45 Second World War Garden String Hat 46 Mary Quant Cape 47 Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Dress 48 Lesbian Liberation Badge 49 The Silicone Breast Implant

Part V: Communication, Transportation and Travel

50 Woman Magazine 51 Ladies’ Carriages in Trains 52 The Mask of Warka 53 The Covered Wagon 54 The Rajah Quilt 55 Emily Wilding Davison’s Purse and Return Ticket 56 The Phone Box 57 A First World War Love Letter 58 Frances Willard’s Bicycle 59 Amelia Earhart’s Little Red Bus 60 The Mini Car

Part VI: Women’s Work and Employment

61 The Bayeux Tapestry 62 Bill of Sale for a Slave Girl 63 Harris’s List 64 Portrait of Dr James Barry 65 Three-Legged Milking Stool and Yoke 66 Servant’s Bells 67 The Typewriter 68 The First World War Policewomen’s Armlet 69 Nursing Qualification Certificate 70 The Royal Shakespeare Theatre 71 ‘Women of Britain – Come into the Factories’ Poster 72 Maria Montessori 1,000 Lira Note 73 The Equal Pay Plate

Part VII: Creativity and Culture

74 Medea (Ancient Greek play) 75 Judith and Holofernes 76 Watercolour of the Ladies of Llangollen 77 Postage Stamp of Mary Wollstonecraft 78 Joanna Southcott’s Box 79 Statues of the Brontë sisters at Haworth Parsonage 80 Am I Not a Woman and a Sister? Anti-Slavery Medallion 81 Brownies’ Badge for Agility 82 Strange Fruit Album and Song 83 Anne Frank’s Diary 84 Statue of Alison Lapper 85 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 86 A Week from Hell, 1995 by Tracey Emin

Part VIII: Women’s Place in the Public World

87 Hatshepsut’s Temple, Djeser-djeseru 88 Boudicca 89 Joan of Arc’s Ring 90 The Death Warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots 91 The Malleus Maleficarum 92 New Zealand Women’s Suffrage Petition 1893 93 Force-Feeding Equipment 94 Fianna Éireann Gal Gréine (Sunburst) Flag Belonging to Constance Markievicz 95 Irena Sendlerowa’s Jars 96 Rosa Parks’s Mugshot 97 Barbara Castle’s Diaries 98 Greenham Common Fence 99 Women Against Pit Closures Banner 100 Margaret Thatcher’s Statue in the House of Commons

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