- 21. New York Becomes First City To Finance Abortion, Allotting $250K For Low-Income And Out-Of-Town Women
- (Feminism)
- ... to include nurses and physician’s assistants in Maine and Illinois, according to ThinkProgress. New York and Vermont, as reported in The Hill, have both passed bills with language protecting the right ...
- Created on 17 June 2019
- 22. This Woman Was Forced To Give Birth Alone In Jail Cell
- (General)
- ... and two nurses attended to Jackson and her child (both of whom survived) after the delivery. Jackson’s traumatic experience is yet another in a long line of systematic abuse perpetrated by the U.S. prison ...
- Created on 10 May 2019
- 23. Women In Medicine Are Bringing Time’s Up To The Healthcare Industry
- (Feminism)
- ... job. In a study by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, 33% of nurses have experienced physical violence and bullying. The National Academics of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine told InStyle ...
- Created on 28 February 2019
- 24. Tea And Sympathy: The 19th Century Cure-All
- (Living)
- ... a cooking instructor at Johns Hopkins Hospital Training School for Nurses, calls tea “a nerve tonic” and “a curative agent.” It was recommended for anyone who needed to be refreshed and re-invigorated. ...
- Created on 11 February 2019
- 25. 19th Century Journalist Nellie Bly Broke Barriers And Became A Legend In Her Field
- (Living)
- ... forced undressings and druggings, and nurses who were indifferent or cruel—they even beat some inmates, including an elderly woman, and choked another so badly that Bly “plainly saw the marks of their ...
- Created on 30 November 2018
- 26. 4 WWII Heroines You Probably Haven't Heard O
- (Feminism)
- The role of women in World War II was huge, from the Bletchley Park codebreakers to the brave nurses that took to the battlefield and saved lives by the thousands. Yet it’s only now that we’re discovering ...
- Created on 24 September 2018
- 27. The Link Between Endrometriosis And Childhood Abuse
- (Feminism)
- ... their study, Harris, Missmer and colleagues from Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, among other institutions, used data from the Nurses’ Health Study II, ...
- Created on 23 July 2018
- 28. How One 19th Century Woman Changed Cooking Forever—By Treating It Like Science
- (Eat Me)
- ... approach revolutionised how convalescent nutrition was handled by doctors and nurses. This was undoubtedly the work Fannie was most proud of. Seriously, is there anything this woman can't do???? Fannie ...
- Created on 15 June 2018
- 29. The Bloody History Of Menstruation Management
- (Living)
- ... World War, nurses did not have time to faff about with their periods. They quickly worked out that the new disposable bandages they were using on wounds were also a fantastic tool to help manage their ...
- Created on 25 May 2018
- 30. Sean Penn Wrote a Poem Calling #MeToo A “Toddler’s Crusade”: Link Roundup
- (Feminism)
- ... has vocally opposed restraining people in labor since 2011. Illinois Nurses Aren’t Being Trained To Do Rape Kits The Chicago Tribune reports that most Illinois nurses don’t have the proper training ...
- Created on 28 March 2018
- 31. The Fascinating History Of Periods (Or, How Vaginas Can Destroy The World)
- (Living)
- ... again they are saved for the well off. But by the First World War, nurses discovered that bandages actually absorbed their flow a lot better than rags or linens, and had the added bonus of being disposable. Soon ...
- Created on 22 September 2017
- 32. Notes On Frump: A Style
- (Style)
- ... except political and American flag) Athletic pullover sweatshirts with pouch Overalls Dansko clogs (all colors except white, which are for nurses) Staying in on a Friday night Heavy dictionaries, ...
- Created on 17 August 2017
- 33. "Patient H69" By Vanessa Potter Is A Series of Tiny Triumphs: BUST Revie
- (Books)
- ... color on each finger to see if she can convince her eyes to see them. She has everyone around her wear vibrant colors and bold patterns that she can see. She asks friends, family, and nurses to describe ...
- Created on 25 July 2017
- 34. My Mystical Pregnancy
- (Living)
- ... are the nurses flitting in and out and taking blood and urine and attaching yet another sensor to my bulging belly. They kept asking me if I was feeling contractions, pointing to spikes on the monitor ...
- Created on 05 June 2017
- 35. Period Piece: Exploring Menstrual Achievements From 400 BC To Today
- (Living)
- ... of the next century, women use menstrual belts to hold their sanitary pads in place. 1920s: Kotex debuts the first disposable sanitary pad. The product is inspired by World War I Red Cross nurses, ...
- Created on 03 April 2017
- 36. 9 Women's Strikes That Came Before A Day Without A Woma
- (Feminism)
- ... brought in more laundresses — including some of the few white laundresses working in Atlanta, making this one of the first interracial protest movements — and grew to include cooks, maids, nurses, hotel ...
- Created on 08 March 2017
- 37. Laverne Cox Explains Why Trans Bathroom Access Is A Civil Rights Issue
- (Living)
- ... moment from Hidden Figures when Taraji P. Henson’s character has to walk 45 minutes to the bathroom—Gavin had to go to a special ‘gender neutral’ bathroom, a nurses bathroom that was out of the way.” The ...
- Created on 16 February 2017
- 38. A Doctor In Texas Tried to Erase My Gayness — And Succeeded
- (Sex)
- ... that my preference in sexual and romantic partners is not normal, or wrong. Advice to the doctor and nurse I spoke to at my appointment: The framework in which physicians and nurses ask questions needs ...
- Created on 18 November 2016
- 39. 6 Sexy Illustrations Of Male Pin-ups That Will Have You Saying, “Hello, Sailor!”
- (Arts)
- ... roles such as hula girls, nurses, geishas, and soldiers. Today we continue to see pin-ups represented in tattooing, both within traditional tattooing and throughout other tattoo styles. Despite the variations ...
- Created on 21 October 2016
- 40. These 12 Photographs Capture The History Of Knitting
- (Living)
- ... Cross nurses knitting, July 1918 Seattle woman knitting while walking, ca. 1918 Knitting for the forces at the beauty salon, London, 1940. On verso is written: “The English women, seen here knitting ...
- Created on 20 October 2016
